Riley the Cop
(1928) American
B&W : Six reels / 6132 feet
Directed by John Ford

Cast: J. Farrell MacDonald [?] [Aloysius Riley or James Riley]?, Louise Fazenda [Lena Krausmeyer], Nancy Drexel [Mary Coronelli], David Rollins [?] [Davy Smith or Joe Smith]?, Harry Schultz [Hans Krausmeyer], Billy Bevan [Parisian cab driver], Tom Wilson [sergeant], Otto H. Fries [Munich cab driver], Mildred Boyd [Caroline], Ferdinand Schumann-Heink [Julius Kuchendorf], Del Henderson [Judge Coronelli], Russell Powell [Mr. Kuchendorf], Mike Donlin [crook], Robert Parrish

Fox Film Corporation production; distributed by Fox Film Corporation. / Scenario by James Gruen and Fred Stanley. Assistant director Phil Ford. Cinematography by Charles Clarke (Charles G. Clarke). Edited by Alex Troffey. Presented by William Fox. / © 19 December 1928 by Fox Film Corporation [LP25842]. Released 25 November 1928. / [?] Movietone 35mm spherical 1.20:1 format and Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format? Western Electric Movietone sound-on-film sound system. / The film was also released in a silent version at 5993 feet. / Silent film, with synchronized music and sound effects.

Comedy-Drama.

Survival Status: Print exists.

Listing updated: 23 October 2007.

References: Gallagher-Ford pp. 47, 58, 59, 66, 551; Sinclair-Ford pp. 40, 240 : Website-AFI.