Riley the Cop

Riley the Cop
Film poster
Directed by	John Ford (uncredited)
Produced by	John Ford
Written by	Fred Stanley James Gruen
Starring	J. Farrell MacDonald Nancy Drexel
Cinematography	Charles G. Clarke
Edited by	Alex Troffey
Distributed by	Fox Film Corporation
Release dates	November 25, 1928 (1928-11-25)
Running time	68 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent English intertitles

Riley the Cop is a 1928 American comedy film directed by John Ford. It was a silent film with a synchronized music track.^[1]

Cast

J. Farrell MacDonald as James "Aloysius" Riley (as Farrell Macdonald)
Nancy Drexel as Mary Coronelli
David Rollins as David "Davy" Collins
Louise Fazenda as Lena Krausmeyer
Billy Bevan as Paris Cabman (uncredited)
Mildred Boyd as Caroline (uncredited)
Mike Donlin as Crook (uncredited)
Otto Fries as Munich Cabman (uncredited)
Dell Henderson as Judge Coronelli (uncredited)
Isabelle Keith as French Woman on Pier (uncredited)
Robert Parrish as Boy (uncredited)
Russ Powell as Mr. Kuchendorf (uncredited)
Harry Schultz as Hans "Eitel" Krausmeyer (uncredited)
Ferdinand SchumannasHeink as Julius Kuchendorf (uncredited)
Rolfe Sedan as French Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Harry Semels as French Policeman (uncredited)
Tom Wilson as Sergeant (uncredited)

References

↑ "Progressive Silent Film List: Riley the Cop". Silent Era. Retrieved 2008-03-23.

External links

Riley the Cop at the American Film Institute Catalog
Riley the Cop at the Internet Movie Database

The films of John Ford

Silent films	The Tornado The Fighting Gringo The Trail of Hate The Scrapper Cheyenne's Pal The Soul Herder Straight Shooting The Secret Man A Marked Man Bucking Broadway The Phantom Riders Wild Women Thieves' Gold The Scarlet Drop Hell Bent A Woman's Fool The Craving (co-d) Three Mounted Men Roped The Fighting Brothers A Fight for Love Rustlers Bare Fists Gun Law By Indian Post The Gun Packer Riders of Vengeance The Last Outlaw The Outcasts of Poker Flat Ace of the Saddle Rider of the Law A Gun Fightin' Gentleman Marked Men The Prince of Avenue A The Girl in Number 29 Hitchin' Posts Just Pals The Big Punch The Freeze-Out The Wallop Desperate Trails Action Sure Fire Jackie Little Miss Smiles Silver Wings (co-d) The Village Blacksmith The Face on the Bar-Room Floor Three Jumps Ahead Cameo Kirby North of Hudson Bay Hoodman Blind Hearts of Oak Lightnin' Kentucky Pride Thank You The Fighting Heart The Shamrock Handicap 3 Bad Men Upstream Four Sons Strong Boy

Sound films	Napoleon's Barber The Black Watch Men Without Women Born Reckless Up the River Seas Beneath The Brat Arrowsmith Air Mail Pilgrimage Doctor Bull The Lost Patrol The World Moves On Judge Priest The Whole Town's Talking The Informer Steamboat Round the Bend The Prisoner of Shark Island Mary of Scotland The Plough and the Stars Wee Willie Winkie The Hurricane Four Men and a Prayer Submarine Patrol Stagecoach Young Mr. Lincoln Drums Along the Mohawk The Grapes of Wrath The Long Voyage Home Tobacco Road How Green Was My Valley They Were Expendable My Darling Clementine The Fugitive Fort Apache 3 Godfathers She Wore a Yellow Ribbon When Willie Comes Marching Home Wagon Master Rio Grande The Quiet Man What Price Glory The Sun Shines Bright Mogambo The Long Gray Line Mister Roberts (co-d) The Searchers The Wings of Eagles The Rising of the Moon Gideon's Day The Last Hurrah The Horse Soldiers Sergeant Rutledge Two Rode Together The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance How the West Was Won (co-d) Donovan's Reef Cheyenne Autumn 7 Women

Television	"Rookie of the Year" (1955) "Flashing Spikes" (1962)

Productions	The Iron Horse (1924) The Blue Eagle (1926) Mother Machree (1928) Hangman's House (1928) Riley the Cop (1928) Salute (1929) Flesh (1932) The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938) Young Cassidy (1965)

Documentaries	Torpedo Squadron Sex Hygiene (1942) The Battle of Midway (1942) December 7th (1943) This is Korea (1951) Korea: Battleground for Liberty (1959) Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend (1970) Vietnam! Vietnam! (1971) (produced and co-wrote)