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Code of the Secret Service is a 1939 film directed by Noel M. Smith and starring Ronald Reagan. It is the second of four films in the U.S. Secret Service Agent Brass Bancroft series, having been preceded by Secret Service of the Air (1939) and followed by Smashing the Money Ring (1939) and Murder in the Air (1940).
The series was part of a late 1930s effort by Warner Bros. to produce films depicting law enforcement in a positive light under pressure from Homer Stille Cummings (Franklin D. Roosevelt's Attorney General) and Will H. Hays (creator of the Motion Picture Production Code, the movie industry's censorship guidelines), due to the studio's part in producing early 1930s films glamorizing gangsters.
The series also enabled Warner Bros. to create Reagan's screen persona, with Reagan even showing up to the set of Code of the Secret Service and asking director Noel M. Smith, "When do I fight and whom?"
Original Release
05/27/1939
US Release
05/27/1939
Cast
Name | Character |
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Ronald Reagan | Lt. 'Brass' Bancroft / Brass Bancroft |
Rosella Towne | Elaine |
Eddie Foy Jr. | Gabby / Gabby Watters |
Moroni Olsen | Friar Parker / The friar |
Edgar Edwards | Ross |
Jack Mower | Decker |
John Gallaudet | Dan Crockett |
Joe King | Jim Saxby / Tom 'Jim' Saxby |
Steve Darrell | Butch |
Sol Gorss | Dutch |
Directors
Writers
Lee Katz, Dean Riesner, W.H. Moran
Cast
Name | Character |
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Ronald Reagan | Lt. 'Brass' Bancroft / Brass Bancroft |
Rosella Towne | Elaine |
Eddie Foy Jr. | Gabby / Gabby Watters |
Moroni Olsen | Friar Parker / The friar |
Edgar Edwards | Ross |
Jack Mower | Decker |
John Gallaudet | Dan Crockett |
Joe King | Jim Saxby / Tom 'Jim' Saxby |
Steve Darrell | Butch |
Sol Gorss | Dutch |
George Regas | Mexican Police Officer |
Rafael Alcayde | First Detective on Train |
Ray Beltram | Townsman |
Dick Botiller | Police Chief / Mexican Police Chief |
Glen Cavender | Policeman |
Demetris Emanuel | Border Police Officer |
Antonio Filauri | Second Detective on Train |
Martin Garralaga | Mexican Soldier Playing Strip Poker |
June Gittelson | Fat Girl on Train |
Jerry Gomez | Sombrero Merchant |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Hal B. Wallis | Executive Producer |
Jack L. Warner | Executive Producer |
Bryan Foy | Producer |