6.7
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Madigan (1968)
Madigan (1968)
Overview
NYPD detectives Bonaro and Madigan lose their guns to fugitive Barney Benesch. As compensation, they are given a weekend to bring Benesch to justice. While they follow various leads, Police Commissioner Russell goes about his duties, including attending functions, meeting with aggrieved relatives, and counseling the spouses of fallen officers.
Starring Cast
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Traditional
Political: Leans Right
Diversity: Low
Viewer Rating
6.7
Overview
NYPD detectives Bonaro and Madigan lose their guns to fugitive Barney Benesch. As compensation, they are given a weekend to bring Benesch to justice. While they follow various leads, Police Commissioner Russell goes about his duties, including attending functions, meeting with aggrieved relatives, and counseling the spouses of fallen officers.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Traditional
Primary
The film leans right by championing the necessity of tough, dedicated individual police officers to maintain law and order in a corrupt urban environment, despite acknowledging internal departmental flaws and political interference.
The movie features a predominantly white main cast, consistent with typical Hollywood productions of its era, without intentional diversity-driven casting. Its narrative centers on traditional identities, portraying them in a neutral to positive light without explicit critique or central DEI themes.
Secondary
Madigan is a crime thriller centered on two New York City detectives. The narrative focuses on police work, corruption, and the personal lives of its heterosexual protagonists. There are no identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes depicted in the film.
The film 'Madigan' (1968) is a police procedural focusing on two detectives investigating a crime. There are no identifiable transsexual characters or themes present in the narrative, nor are there any plot points related to transgender identity. Therefore, the film has no impact on the portrayal of transsexual individuals.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The 1968 film "Madigan" is an adaptation of Richard Dougherty's novel "The Commissioner." All major characters in the film retain the same gender as established in the source material, with no instances of a character canonically or historically established as one gender being portrayed as another.
The film "Madigan" (1968) is an adaptation of the novel "The Commissioner." The main characters, including Daniel Madigan and Anthony Russell, are portrayed by actors whose race aligns with their depiction in the original source material. No characters established as one race in the novel were portrayed as a different race in the film.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.5
6.1
Critic Ratings
7.5
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