In the late Sixties there has been a tendency towards rough cops who are up against the system whatever that is yet who win through despite all odds
Richard Widmark was one of them
In "Madigan" he is a solid, touchy New York detective who, like Quinn in "Across 110th Street," knows the people on his patch and knows how to handle them
Unlike the Quinn character, however, he is honest to the nth degree He will kill, beat and cheat to destroy the big villains, yet retains a curious affection for the little crooks that cross his path One feels that if Madigan took a bribe, it would be secretly witnessed and the evidence produced in court to the ruination of some baddie
In "Madigan" he is a solid, touchy New York detective who, like Quinn in "Across 110th Street," knows the people on his patch and knows how to handle them
Unlike the Quinn character, however, he is honest to the nth degree He will kill, beat and cheat to destroy the big villains, yet retains a curious affection for the little crooks that cross his path One feels that if Madigan took a bribe, it would be secretly witnessed and the evidence produced in court to the ruination of some baddie