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Riley the Cop is a 1928 American synchronized sound comedy film directed by John Ford. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the sound-on-film movietone process.
Riley the Cop: Directed by John Ford. With J. Farrell MacDonald, Louise Fazenda, Nancy Drexel, David Rollins. Joe Smith, a young bakery worker, gets engaged to Mary Coronelli, who comes from a wealthy family.
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- Comedy, Drama
- John Ford
- 1928-11-25
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Riley the cop, a lifelong flatfoot well-liked by all, goes in pursuit of Joe; while in Europe, Riley falls in love with a German flapper in a beer garden, only to discover that she is the sister of Krausmeyer, the adjoining beat cop and Riley's nemesis.
- John Ford, Phil Ford
- Farrell Macdonald
In this early comedy from John Ford, Riley is a New York Irish cop sent to Germany to track down a young man who stole money from a local bakery. John Ford. Director. James Gruen.
It stars J. Farrell MacDonald, an Irish-American character actor receiving a rare lead turn, as a New York beat cop (who has never made an arrest) sent to Munich to bring home a lad from his borough who has been accused of embezzlement (falsely, of course). A tribute to cops who don't do their jobs. A tribute to unmarried outsiders who ...
Riley the Cop. ( 1928 ) « LOVE LAUGHS AT HOOSEGOW WHEN COP TURNS CUPID (Print Ad – Painesville Telegraph, ( (Painesville, Ohio)) 8 February 1929)» Comedy. Drama. Black and White. Joe Smith, a young bakery worker, gets engaged to Mary Coronelli, who comes from a wealthy family.
