Madigan Full Movie

Paul C 26 Feb 2008

Generic 60's maverick cop film that descends into melodrama for much of it's running time - far less interesting than it's pedigree (stars Henry Fonda and Richard Widmark, Director Don Siegel) would suggest. Disappointing!

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jay n 02 Apr 2011

Great cast, middling script. Widmark is tough but hints at a vunerablity under that facade. Henry Fonda sort of walks through his role but it doesn't really ask much of him. Good period feeling which at the time may have been incidental but now gives you a sense of it's time. Inger looks amazing with some gravity defying hair but she's unfortuantely wasted in the wife role.

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Scott M 08 Nov 2012

A streetwise cop movie, a couple of years before the really good stuff of the genre started to come. Unfortunately Madigan is extremely lame take on the classic "he doesn't go by the book" -narrative. Astonishingly tedious acting by such great actors as Henry Fonda, Widmark, Harry Guardino. It's almost imbossible to imagine that Polonsky had his fingers on the script, since the plot is so incredibly weak - even though it goes all over the places (or maybe just because of that). Well, of course the directing by Siegel is even weaker than the story. Should be avoided at any costs.

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Steve Crum 24 Oct 2004

Attempt for realistic cop story works half the time.

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Allan C 08 Nov 2012

A streetwise cop movie, a couple of years before the really good stuff of the genre started to come. Unfortunately Madigan is extremely lame take on the classic "he doesn't go by the book" -narrative. Astonishingly tedious acting by such great actors as Henry Fonda, Widmark, Harry Guardino. It's almost imbossible to imagine that Polonsky had his fingers on the script, since the plot is so incredibly weak - even though it goes all over the places (or maybe just because of that). Well, of course the directing by Siegel is even weaker than the story. Should be avoided at any costs.

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