Code of the Secret Service

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Ronald Reagan and Rosella Towne in Code of the Secret Service (1939)

Brass is assigned to uncovering a counterfeiting ring that has stolen bona fide treasury plates and is converting $1 bills to $100 bills through a Mexican casino.

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Action Adventure Crime Drama

Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueBrass is assigned to uncovering a counterfeiting ring that has stolen bona fide treasury plates and is converting $1 bills to $100 bills through a Mexican casino.Brass is assigned to uncovering a counterfeiting ring that has stolen bona fide treasury plates and is converting $1 bills to $100 bills through a Mexican casino.Brass is assigned to uncovering a counterfeiting ring that has stolen bona fide treasury plates and is converting $1 bills to $100 bills through a Mexican casino.

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ÉVALUATION IMDb

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342

MA NOTE

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Trailer 1:34

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Rôles principaux39

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Ronald Reagan

Lt. 'Brass' Bancroft

Rosella Towne

Elaine

Eddie Foy Jr.

Gabby Watters

Moroni Olsen

Friar Parker

Edgar Edwards

Ross

Jack Mower

Decker

John Gallaudet

Dan Crockett

Joe King

Jim Saxby
(as Joseph King)

Steve Darrell

Butch
(as Stevan Darrell)

Sol Gorss

Dutch

George Regas

Mexican Police Officer

Rafael Alcayde

First Detective on Train
(uncredited)

Ray Beltram

Townsman
(uncredited)

Dick Botiller

Mexican Police Chief
(uncredited)

Glen Cavender

Policeman
(uncredited)

Demetris Emanuel

Border Police Officer
(uncredited)

Antonio Filauri

Second Detective on Train
(uncredited)

Martin Garralaga

Mexican Soldier Playing Strip Poker
(uncredited)

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Histoire

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Anecdotes
In interviews during his presidency, Ronald Reagan called this movie, "the worst picture I ever made" and also said, "never has an egg of such dimensions been laid". He recalled that a movie usher who had seen the film once told him, "You should be ashamed." However, the film did have one positive effect for Reagan. After seeing the movie, a young man named Jerry Parr was inspired to enter the Secret Service. On March 30, 1981, Parr was the agent who quickly pushed Ronald Reagan into his limousine when John W. Hinckley Jr. fired six shots at the President outside the Washington D.C. Hilton. Parr's quick reaction, and his decision to take the wounded Reagan immediately to George Washington University Hospital, were credited with saving the President's life.

Gaffes
During the opening scene when Eddie Foy Jr. asks Reagan if he can go with him on the assignment, his hands are down by his sides in the closeup. but in the supposedly matching medium shot they are on his hips.

Citations
Gabby: What assignment did you get?
Lt. 'Brass' Bancroft: The Treasury stick-up.
Gabby: Right down my alley. When do we leave?
Lt. 'Brass' Bancroft: Well, you'll have to include yourself out this trip, Gabby. Well, you couldn't go anyway. Aren't you guarding the President?
Gabby: Nah. He went fishin' again. Besides you need a man like me to look after yuh.
Lt. 'Brass' Bancroft: Who's gonna look after you?
Gabby: [Initially laughs but quickly realizes this is no compliment and he frowns] Whatta yuh mean?

Connexions
Featured in The Reagan Show (2017)

Bandes originales
Yankee Doodle
(ca. 1755) (uncredited)
Traditional music of English origin
Whistled by Eddie Foy Jr.

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Reagan

Code of the Secret Service (1939)

** (out of 4)

Follow up to SECRET SERVICE OF THE AIR has Lt. Brass Bancroft (Ronald Reagan) trying to track down some counterfeiters. He tracks them to Mexico where they plant a murder wrap on him so Brass must escape the Mexican police while trying to do his job as well. I enjoyed the first film in the series but this one here was pretty bland from start to finish and the 58-minute running time seemed like triple that. According to the Robert Osborne introduction on TCM, Reagan was so worried this film would end his career that he begged Warner not to release it. In a compromise they agreed to release it everywhere except for Los Angeles since Reagan lived there. I don't think the film was that bad but it's still not that good. The biggest problem is that there's just no energy to the film. The first film plays out like a fun serial and this one goes for that effect but it fails because of the rather weak direction. Many films around this era dealt with money laundering and most of them handled it better than this. Eddie Foy, Jr. is certainly the best thing about the movie as he brings a few laughs. Reagan sleepwalks through the role and doesn't bring much to the film. Two more sequels would follow though.