Madigan


Madigan is a 1968 American dramatic thriller film directed by Don Siegel and starring Richard Widmark and Henry Fonda.

In New York Citys Spanish Harlem, police detectives Dan Madigan and Rocco Bonaro break into a sleazy apartment and arrest Barney Benesch, a hoodlum wanted for questioning by a Brooklyn precinct. Momentarily distracted by the suspects nude girl friend, the two detectives are outwitted by Benesch, who escapes with their guns.When it is discovered that Benesch was wanted for homicide, Madigan and Bonaro are reprimanded by Police Commissioner Anthony X. Russell. Aside from this new problem, Russell is troubled by other matters his married mistress, Tricia Bentley, has decided to end their relationship a black minister, Dr. Taylor, is claiming that his teenaged son was subjected to brutality by racist policemen and proof has been established that Russells longtime friend and associate, Chief Inspector Kane, has accepted a bribe to protect a hangout for prostitutes. ........

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