Sergeant Berry
Sergeant Berry is a 1938 German comedy western film directed by Herbert Selpin and starring Hans Albers, Toni von Bukovics and Peter Voß. A tough Chicago policeman is sent to the Mexican–American border on a dangerous mission. It was based on a novel by Robert Arden.[1]
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| Directed by | Herbert Selpin | 
| Written by | Rudolf Klein-Rogge Lotte Neumann Walter Wassermann  | 
| Produced by | Hans Albers Franz Vogel  | 
| Starring | Hans Albers Toni von Bukovics Peter Voß  | 
| Cinematography | Franz Koch | 
| Edited by | Lena Neumann | 
| Music by | Hans Sommer | 
Production company  | |
| Distributed by | Tobis Film | 
Release date  | 22 December 1938 | 
Running time  | 113 minutes | 
| Country | Germany | 
| Language | German | 
The film's sets were designed by the art director Paul Markwitz and Fritz Maurischat.
Cast
    
- Hans Albers as Sergeant Mecki Berry
 - Toni von Bukovics as Berry's mother
 - Peter Voß as Oberst Turner
 - Edwin Jürgensen as Madison
 - Gerd Höst as Amely Madison
 - Alexander Golling as Evans
 - Alexander Engel as Gomez
 - Herbert Hübner as Don Antonio de Garcia
 - Herma Relin as Ramona
 - Werner Scharf as Don José
 - Erich Ziegel as Consul Erasmus Smith
 - Hanni Weisse as the consul's wife
 - Hans Stiebner as Carlo
 - Kurt Seifert as Chief of Police Alcalde
 - Hertha von Walther as Juanita
 - Erich Dunskus as ein Grenzpolizeiinspektor
 - Annemarie Schreiner as Zofe Ramonas
 - Toni Färber as US-Grenzbeamter
 - Friedrich Gnaß as Chicago-Gangsterboss Duffy
 - Fred Goebel as Hotel Porter
 - Reginald Pasch as Schmuggler Blandy
 - Louis Ralph as Gangster
 - Arthur Reinhardt as Schmuggler Big
 - Arnulf Schröder as Pedro, Alcaldes Assistant
 - Heinz Wemper as the chief of the gangster
 - Manfred Meurer as Don Antonios Angestellter
 - Helmuth Heyne as ein Raufbold
 - Jac Diehl as ein Hotelgast
 - Mohamed Husen as the Chicago nightclub patron
 - Louis Brody as Berry's neighbor
 
References
    
- Hull p.145
 
Bibliography
    
- Hull, David Stewart. Film in the Third Reich: a study of the German cinema, 1933–1945. University of California Press, 1969.
 
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