Code of the Secret Service (1939)
May 27, 1939Release Date
Code of the Secret Service (1939)
May 27, 1939Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
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
Steve Darrell
Butch
Sol Gorss
Dutch
George Regas
Mexican Police Officer
Noel M. Smith
Director
Dick Botiller
Police Chief (uncredited)
Lee Katz
Writer
Glen Cavender
Policeman (uncredited)
Dean Riesner
Writer
Demetris Emanuel
Border Police Officer (uncredited)
Antonio Filauri
Second Detective on Train (uncredited)
Martín Garralaga
Mexican Soldier Playing Strip Poker (uncredited)
Ted D. McCord
Cinematographer
June Gittelson
Fat Girl on Train (uncredited)
Frederick Richards
Editor
Jerry Gomez
Sombrero Merchant (uncredited)
John Harron
Gambler Paid in Silver (uncredited)
Stuart Holmes
Croupier (uncredited)
Al Lloyd
Gambler Playing Roulette (uncredited)
Chris-Pin Martin
Mexican Pottery Proprietor (uncredited)
Frank Mayo
Casino Manager (uncredited)
Ted Offenbecker
Messenger (uncredited)
George Offerman, Jr.
Messenger (uncredited)
Paul Panzer
Mexican Soldier Arresting Gabby (uncredited)
Frank Puglia
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Theodore Rand
Soldier (uncredited)
Pedro Regas
Diego (uncredited)
Sam Rice
Extra in Casino (uncredited)
Julian Rivero
Juan the Jailkeeper (uncredited)
Cliff Saum
Policeman (uncredited)
Rafael Alcayde
First Detective on Train (uncredited)
José Luis Tortosa
Border Police Officer (uncredited)
Leo White
Extra Watching Casino Fight (uncredited)
Details.
Wiki.
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 film 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?"