The Great O'Malley

{{ A tale of a hard nosed cop who learns the real meaning of being a good officer. O'Malley played by Pat O'Brien begins this film by being a unforgiving cop, by handing out tickets to just about any one, including a run in with John Phillips played by Humphrey Bogart. Phillips is on his way to start his new job to take care of his ailing daughter, Barbara Phillips played by Sybil Jason, until he is stopped by O'Malley for having a defective muffler, this makes Phillips late for his new job and causes him to lose the job. Phillips then becomes desperate and attempts to pawn his medals and a revolver, while trying to do so, the store owner does not want to pay him, what the items are near worth and this causes a Phillips to become enraged and he knocks the clerk down and takes some money from the cash register. All this leads to Phillips being arrested and sentenced to 2 to 10 years for robbery. Meanwhile officer O'Malley is being rediculed for being to hard on normal working people and gets demoted to be a school crossing guard at the same school where John Phillps daughter Barbara attends. Barbara and O'Malley strike up a friendship between the two. O'Malley really takes to Barbara and even finds a good physician to fix her ailing leg and works out a payment plan to fund it. O'Malley also puts in a good word for John Phillips to the authorities and has him paroled.This all leads up to a big finish you wont expect but turns out very pleasant. Definitely a feel good movie with true legends of the screen. This film also features the iconic Ann Sheridan as a school teacher and O'Malleys love interest |date=June 2020}}

• Pat O'Brien as James Aloysius O'Malley
• Sybil Jason as Barbara Phillips
• Humphrey Bogart as John Phillips
• Ann Sheridan as Judy Nolan
• Frieda Inescort as Mrs. Phillips
• Donald Crisp as Captain Cromwell
• Henry O'Neill as Attorney for the Defense
• Craig Reynolds as Motorist
• Hobart Cavanaugh as Pinky Holden
• Gordon Hart as Doctor
• Mary Gordon as Mrs. O'Malley
• Mabel Colcord as Mrs. Flaherty
• Frank Sheridan as Father Patrick
• Lillian Harmer as Miss Taylor
• Delmar Watson as Tubby
• Frank Reicher as Dr. Larson

• The Great O'Malley in the Internet Movie Database
• The Great O'Malley at AllMovie
• The Great O'Malley at the TCM Movie Database
• The Great O'Malley at the American Film Institute Catalog