Sarge: The Badge or the Cross (1971)
After his wife is murdered, a veteran cop quits the police department and becomes a priest. Several years later he is assigned to a parish where he meets the man who killed his wife -- and discovers that the killer was gunning for him instead. The first of two feature-length pilots for the series "Sarge."
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George KennedySarge Swanson
Nico MinardosNico
Ricardo MontalbanAl Matteo
Diane BakerCarol Swanson
Stewart MossFather TerrenceSallie ShockleyValerie
Larry GatesArnie Bigelow
Harold SakataKenji Takichi
Naomi StevensMama Bain
Henry WilcoxonBishop Andrade
Stanley LivingstonCharlie
Dana ElcarFather Frank DinsmoreKeywords
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Genre affinityDrama · Tv MovieTheme affinityCop · Assassin · PriestDialogue densityDramaDirector preference265263Actor preference121159 · 209958 · 134951Country preferenceUs
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What is Sarge: The Badge or the Cross about?
After his wife is murdered, a veteran cop quits the police department and becomes a priest. Several years later he is assigned to a parish where he meets the man who killed his wife -- and discovers that the killer was gunning for him instead. The first of two feature-length pilots for the series "Sarge."
How long is Sarge: The Badge or the Cross?
Sarge: The Badge or the Cross has a runtime of 100 minutes.