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词条 Code of the Secret Service
释义

  1. Plot

  2. Cast

  3. Reception

  4. Ronald Reagan assassination attempt

  5. See also

  6. References

  7. External links

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| name = Code of the Secret Service
| image = Code of the Secret Service film.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Poster of Code of the Secret Service
| director = Noel M. Smith
| producer = Bryan Foy
Hal B. Wallis
Jack L. Warner
| screenplay = William H. Moran
Lee Katz
Dean Riesner
| starring = Ronald Reagan
Rosella Towne
Eddie Foy, Jr.
Moroni Olsen
Edgar Edwards
Jack Mower
| music = Bernhard Kaun
Max Steiner
| cinematography = Ted D. McCord
| editing = Frederick Richards
| studio = Warner Bros.
| released = {{Film date|1939|5|27}}
| runtime = 58 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
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| width = 253px
| video1 = Original Trailer for Code of the Secret Service
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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 movie industry's censorship guidelines), due to the studio's part in producing early 1930s films glamorizing gangsters.[1]

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?"[1]

Plot

United States Secret Service Lieutenant Brass Bancroft (Ronald Reagan) and his partner, Gabby Watters (Eddie Foy, Jr., producer Bryan Foy's 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.[2][3][4] 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).[5]

Cast

The cast included:[2][6][7][8]

  • Ronald Reagan as Lieutenant Brass Bancroft
  • Rosella Towne as Elaine
  • Eddie Foy, Jr. as Gabby Watters
  • Moroni Olsen as Parker
  • Edgar Edwards as Ross
  • Jack Mower as Decker
  • John Gallaudet as Dan Crockett
  • Joseph King as Tom "Jim" Saxby
  • Steve Darrell as Butch, a henchman
  • Sol Gorss as Dutch, a henchman
  • George Regas as Mexican police officer

Reception

Reagan called Code of the Secret Service "the worst picture I ever made"[9] 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."[1]

In a 1939 review, the Calgary Herald called the movie "quite far-fetched in places and not very interesting as a whole."[10]

Ronald Reagan assassination attempt

After seeing the movie repeatedly as a child, Jerry Parr was inspired to join the Secret Service. Parr would go on to save the life of the President of the United States in a 1981 assassination attempt. The President was Ronald Reagan, the star of Code of the Secret Service.[9][11][12][13][14][15][16]

See also

  • Ronald Reagan filmography

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/2100/Code-of-the-Secret-Service/articles.html|title=Code of the Secret Service|publisher=TCM Movie Database|author=Stephanie Thames|accessdate=April 23, 2011}}
2. ^{{Tcmdb title|id=2100|title=Code of the Secret Service}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://movies.amctv.com/movie/87535/Code-of-the-Secret-Service/overview|title=Synopsis of Code of the Secret Service|publisher=AMC|accessdate=April 23, 2011}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.fandango.com/codeofthesecretservice_v87535/summary|title=Code of the Secret Service Synopsis - Plot Summary|publisher=Fandango/Rovi Corporation|author=Hal Erickson|accessdate=April 23, 2011}}
5. ^{{cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1985-02-15/news/mn-3221_1_secret-service-agent-jerry-parr|title=Fan Who Saved Life of President to Get His Reward Today|work=Los Angeles Times|date=February 15, 1985|author=Zach Nauth}}
6. ^{{IMDb title|id=0031166|title=Code of the Secret Service}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://movies.amctv.com/movie/87535/Code-of-the-Secret-Service/credits|title=Code of the Secret Service Movie Credits, Cast, and Actor Biographies|publisher=AMC|accessdate=April 23, 2011}}
8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.fandango.com/codeofthesecretservice_v87535/castandcrew|title=Code of the Secret Service Cast and Crew|publisher=Fandango|accessdate=April 23, 2011}}
9. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9wCVdNzaJY0C&lpg=PT181&dq=%22Code%20of%20the%20Secret%20Service%22&pg=PT181#v=onepage&q=%22Code%20of%20the%20Secret%20Service%22&f=false|title=Souls of Steel: How to Build Character in Ourselves and Our Kids|author=Pat Williams|author2=Jim Denney|publisher=FaithWords/Hachette Book Group USA|location=New York City|date=February 2008|isbn=978-0-446-51129-2}}
10. ^{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Rh9kAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PnsNAAAAIBAJ&dq=code-of-the-secret-service&pg=988%2C3222406|title='The Man In The Iron Mask' Is Elaborately Produced, Packs Lots of Excitement|work=Calgary Herald|date=October 2, 1939|page=5}}
11. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PdCLMpSY5qkC&lpg=PA18&dq=%22code%20of%20the%20secret%20service%22&pg=PA18#v=onepage&q=%22code%20of%20the%20secret%20service%22&f=false|title=Rawhide Down: The Near Assassination of Ronald Reagan|author=Del Quentin Wilber|publisher=Henry Holt and Company|location=New York City|year=2011|isbn=978-0-8050-9346-9|pages=18–20, 224}}
12. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-Ysi2TV3DNYC&lpg=PA173&dq=%22code%20of%20the%20secret%20service%22&pg=PA173#v=onepage&q=%22code%20of%20the%20secret%20service%22&f=false|title=The Hardball Handbook: How to Win at Life|author=Chris Matthews|publisher=Random House|location=New York City|year=2009|isbn=978-0-8129-7597-0|pages=173–174}}
13. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AEal3OUTTkYC&lpg=PT174&dq=%22code%20of%20the%20secret%20service%22%20jerry%20parr&pg=PT174#v=onepage&q=%22code%20of%20the%20secret%20service%22%20jerry%20parr&f=false|title=Reagan's War: The Epic Story of His Forty-Year Struggle and Final Triumph Over Communism|author=Peter Schweizer|publisher=Anchor Books/Random House|location=New York City|year=2002|isbn=978-1-4000-7556-0}}
14. ^{{cite book|title=When Character was King: A Story of Ronald Reagan|author=Peggy Noonan|publisher=Viking Penguin|location=New York City|year=2001|isbn=0-670-88235-6|page=195}}
15. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iGgIP1yJiT4C&lpg=PA192&dq=%22Code%20of%20the%20Secret%20Service%22&pg=PA192#v=onepage&q=%22Code%20of%20the%20Secret%20Service%22&f=false|title=The Greatest Presidential Stories Never Told: 100 Tales from History to Astonish, Bewilder, and Stupefy|publisher=The History Channel/HarperCollins|location=New York City|author=Rick Beyer|year=2007|isbn=978-0-06-076018-2|page=192}}
16. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/595099848/Secret-Service-secrets-revealed.html|title=Secret Service secrets revealed|work=Deseret News|date=October 22, 2004|author=Scott D. Pierce}}

External links

  • {{IMDb title|0031166|Code of the Secret Service}}
  • {{amg movie|87535}}
  • {{Tcmdb title|2100|Code of the Secret Service}}
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