The Cop (1928 film)

The Cop is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by Donald Crisp. Due to the public apathy towards silent films, a sound version was also prepared. While the sound version has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. At the 2nd Academy Awards in 1930, Elliott J. Clawson was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay).^[1] Prints of the film exist in several film archives including the Library of Congress.^[2][3][4]

The Cop
Lobby card
Directed by	Donald Crisp
Written by	Elliott J. Clawson Tay Garnett John W. Krafft
Produced by	Ralph Block
Starring	William Boyd
Cinematography	Arthur C. Miller
Production company	DeMille Pictures Corporation
Distributed by	Pathé Exchange
Release date	August 20, 1928 (1928-08-20)
Running time	77 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Cast

• William Boyd as Pete Smith
• Alan Hale as Mather
• Jacqueline Logan as Mary Monks
• Robert Armstrong as Scarface Marcas
• Tom Kennedy as Sergeant Coughlin
• Louis Natheaux as Louie
• Philip Sleeman as Lord Courtney (credited as Phil Sleeman)
• Dan Wolheim

Music

The sound version of the film included a theme song entitled “Always The Same, Sweet Pal” which was composed by Charles Weinberg and Billy Stone.