Sarge: The Badge or the Cross
1971•1h 40m•8.0•Released
DramaTV Movie
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."
Director
Richard A. Colla
Writer
Don Mankiewicz
Languages
English
Studio
Universal Television
Cast
George Kennedy
Sarge Swanson
Ricardo Montalban
Al Matteo
Nico Minardos
Nico
Diane Baker
Carol Swanson
Stewart Moss
Father Terrence
Sallie Shockley
Valerie
Larry Gates
Arnie Bigelow
Harold Sakata
Kenji Takichi
Naomi Stevens
Mama Bain
Henry Wilcoxon
Bishop Andrade
Stanley Livingston
Charlie
Dana Elcar
Father Frank Dinsmore
Ramon Bieri
Chief Dewey
Walter Brooke
Rector
Charles Tyner
Hawley
Production
Company
Universal Television
Producer
David Levinson
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