Code of the Secret Service
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.
United States Secret Service Lieutenant Brass Bancroft Ronald Reagan and his partner, Gabby Watters Eddie Foy, Jr., producer Bryan Foys brother, seek engraving plates stolen from the U.S. Treasury Department, and the investigation leads Bancroft and Watters to pursue a counterfeiting ring in Mexico. Along the way, Bancroft is falsely blamed for the death of a fellow Secret Service agent, escapes from jail, captures the leader of the counterfeiting ring, and wins the heart of his love interest, Elaine Rosella Towne.Reagan called Code of the Secret Service the worst picture I ever made and commented on it, never has an egg of such dimensions been laid. Producer Bryan Foy attempted to shelve the film. Warner Bros. refused to do so, but did agree to not release it in Los Angeles. Commenting on the film, a ticket taker at a movie theater in another city reportedly told Reagan, You should be ashamed. ........
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