Sarge: The Badge or the Cross (1971)

8.0/10 • 100 min • Drama TV Movie

Overview

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."

Cast

George Kennedy

Sarge Swanson

Ricardo Montalban

Al Matteo

Nico Minardos

Nico

Diane Baker

Carol Swanson

Stewart Moss

Father Terrence

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

David Huddleston

Tyler

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