Sarge: The Badge or the Cross
movie

Released February 22, 1971
Overview
After his wife is murdered, a veteran cop quits the police department and becomes a priest. Several years later he is assigned to a parish where he meets the man who killed his wife -- and discovers that the killer was gunning for him instead. The first of two feature-length pilots for the series "Sarge."
Cast

George Kennedy
as
Sarge Swanson

Ricardo Montalban
as
Al Matteo

Nico Minardos
as
Nico

Diane Baker
as
Carol Swanson

Stewart Moss
as
Father Terrence
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Sallie Shockley
as
Valerie

Larry Gates
as
Arnie Bigelow

Harold Sakata
as
Kenji Takichi

Naomi Stevens
as
Mama Bain

Henry Wilcoxon
as
Bishop Andrade

Stanley Livingston
as
Charlie

Dana Elcar
as
Father Frank Dinsmore
Crew
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Sydney Z. Litwack
as
Art Direction
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Robert L. Kimble
as
Editor

Joe Alves
as
Art Direction
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Richard A. Colla
as
Director

Dave Grusin
as
Original Music Composer
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Jacques R. Marquette
as
Director of Photography
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Richard A. Colla
as
Executive Producer
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David Levinson
as
Producer
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Don Mankiewicz
as
Writer