- Country: USA
- Genres: Crime, Drama
- Release: 1942-06-12
- Director: Christy Cabanne
- Writers: Maxwell Shane , Griffin Jay , Larry Rhine , Ben Chapman
- Language: English
- Stars: Leo Carrillo , Andy Devine , Don Terry , Elyse Knox
- Runtime: 64 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: O Soldado Detective (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Showdown (United States of America) , Top Sergeant (United Kingdom) , En gangster i uniform (Sweden) , Top Sergeant , Top Sergeant (United States of America)
- Plot: An Army jeep is forced off the road by fleeing bandits. Sergeant Dick Manson (Don Terry), his kid brother Jack (Gene Garrick), and Corporals Frenchy Devereaux (Leo Carrillo) and Andy Jarrett (Andy Devine) follow and are joined by a posse of deputy sheriffs. Three of the robbers are killed in a shoot-out, but one of them, Al Bennett (Don Porter), escapes after wounding Jack, who dies. Bennett figures a perfect hideout would be in the Army, and becomes one of the recruits assigned to Manson. He gets into trouble because of his attitude, and particularly with Manson when he gets the Colonel's daughter, Helen (Elyse Knox), into covering up his A.W.O.L. G-Men reveal that some of the bank money has been passed at a local jewellery store. When Manson learns that Bennett has given Helen a gift trinket, he jumps at the clue, and drives her down to question the jeweler. They find him murdered. At the Army war games, Bennett blows up a bridge and several men are killed, and he diverts the blame upon Frenchy and Andy, who are court martialed for negligent homicide. Manson discovers a witness who identifies Bennett as one of the bank robbers.
- IMDB:tt0035455
Top Sergeant Cast · · · ALL
Christy Cabanne
Director
Leo Carrillo
Frenchy Devereaux
Andy Devine
Andy Jarrett
Don Terry
Sgt. Dick 'Rusty' Manson
Elyse Knox
Helen Gray
Don Porter
Al Bennett
Addison Richards
Col. Gray
Bradley Page
Tony Gribaldi
Gene Garrick
Pvt. Jack Manson
Alan Hale Jr.
Cruxton