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- Sergeant Murphy (1938) - IMDb
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Sergeant Murphy is a 1938 American comedy film directed by B. Reeves Eason and written by Sy Bartlett and William Jacobs. [1] The film stars Ronald Reagan, Mary Maguire, Donald Crisp, Ben Hendricks Jr. and William B. Davidson. The film was released by Warner Bros. on January 1, 1938.
Sergeant Murphy: Directed by B. Reeves Eason. With Ronald Reagan, Mary Maguire, Donald Crisp, Ben Hendricks Jr.. A horse is offered for sale to the cavalry but is rejected as unfit for service. A cavalry private buys the horse, and trains it to be a champion racer.
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- Action, Adventure, Comedy
- B. Reeves Eason
- 1938-01-01
Sergeant Murphy was produced, without credit, by Bryan Foy, the son of musical star Eddie Foy and head of the Warner's B unit. The story had come from writer Sy Bartlett, who would achieve greater fame after World War II as the author of the novel Twelve O'Clock High , a tale of wartime flyers that would inspire the 1949 Gregory Peck hit.
One of Ronald Reagan 's best remembered films was playing second fiddle to a chimpanzee in Bedtime for Bonzo (1951), but he also, in one of his first top-billings, played the sidekick to a horse! Sergeant Murphy (1938) is for the most part a load of horse manure, though Reagan does present us with some amusing moments.
- B. Reeves Eason
- Warner Bros. Pictures
Title: Sergeant Murphy (Warner Bros.) Creator: Warner Bros. Date: 1938; Language: English; Collection: Pressbooks
James Cagney turned down the male lead; Scenes filmed at the Presidio of Monterey, then a Cavalry Post; The cast and crew stayed at the Old Hotel San Carlos (Now the site of the Monterey Sheraton), where Reagan gave a dinner and party for the Cavalry soldiers stationed at the….
In a span of less than two years, his fighting spirit, leadership qualities, and courage under fire made him a living legend in the martial tradition of Sergeant Alvin C. York, General Theodore Roosevelt Jr., and Colonel Lewis B. “Chesty” Puller.
