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Secret Service of the Air (also known as Murder Plane) is a 1939 American adventure film directed by Noel M. Smith and starring Ronald Reagan. This film was the first in Warner Bros.' Secret Service series. The series consisted of four films, all starring Ronald Reagan as Lieutenant "Brass" Bancroft of the U.S. Secret Service and Eddie Foy, Jr. as his sidekick "Gabby." The 1940 film Murder in the Air was the last in the series. Reagan was just starting out his film career and commented later that during that period, he was a B movie "Errol Flynn".
Original Release
03/04/1939
US Release
03/04/1939
Cast
Name | Character |
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Ronald Reagan | Lt. 'Brass' Bancroft |
John Litel | Saxby / Chief Agent Tom Saxby |
Ila Rhodes | Pamela Schuyler |
James Stephenson | Jim Cameron |
Eddie Foy Jr. | Gabby Watters |
Rosella Towne | Zelma Warren |
Larry Williams | Dick Wayne |
John Ridgely | Joe LeRoy |
Anthony Averill | Hafer / Lead Henchman Hafer |
Bernard Nedell | Earl 'Ace' Hemrich |
Directors
Writers
Raymond L. Schrock, W.H. Moran
Cast
Name | Character |
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Ronald Reagan | Lt. 'Brass' Bancroft |
John Litel | Saxby / Chief Agent Tom Saxby |
Ila Rhodes | Pamela Schuyler |
James Stephenson | Jim Cameron |
Eddie Foy Jr. | Gabby Watters |
Rosella Towne | Zelma Warren |
Larry Williams | Dick Wayne |
John Ridgely | Joe LeRoy |
Anthony Averill | Hafer / Lead Henchman Hafer |
Bernard Nedell | Earl 'Ace' Hemrich |
Frank M. Thomas | Doc |
Joe Cunningham | Agent Dawson |
Morgan Conway | Edward V. Powell / Henchman Ed Powell |
John Harron | Agent Cliff Durell |
Herbert Rawlinson | Adm. A.C. Schuyler |
Raymond Bailey | Klune - Henchman Starting Fight / Henchman Starting Fight [script name: Klune] |
Eumenio Blanco | Mexican / Mexican Businessman in Bar |
Richard Bond | Buzzy - San Francisco Radio Operator |
Sidney Bracey | John 'Joe' Vicary |
Nat Carr | Drunk at Bar |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Hal B. Wallis | Executive Producer |
Jack L. Warner | Executive Producer |
Bryan Foy | Producer |