Riley the Cop
Nov 25 1928
•1h 8m
•Comedy
In this early comedy from John Ford, Riley is a New York Irish cop sent to Germany to track down a young man who stole money from a local bakery.
Cast
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J. Farrell MacDonald
James 'Aloysius' Riley
Nancy Drexel
Mary Coronelli
David Rollins
David 'Davy' Collins
Louise Fazenda
Lena Krausmeyer
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