''Sergeant Murphy'' is a 1938 American
comedy film
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directed by
B. Reeves Eason and written by
Sy Bartlett
Sidney "Sy" Bartlett (born Sacha Baraniev; July 10, 1900 – May 29, 1978) was a Ukrainian American author and screenwriter/producer of Hollywood films.
Early life
Sy Bartlett was born on July 10, 1900 in the Black Sea seaport of Mykolaiv in th ...
and
William Jacobs.
The film stars
Ronald Reagan,
Mary Maguire
Mary Maguire (born Hélène Teresa Maguire; 22 February 1919 – 18 May 1974) was an Australian-born actress who briefly became a Hollywood and British film star in the late 1930s.
Early life
Maguire was born in Melbourne, Australia, to Mich ...
,
Donald Crisp
Donald William Crisp (27 July 188225 May 1974) was an English film actor as well as an early producer, director and screenwriter. His career lasted from the early silent film era into the 1960s. He won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ...
, Ben Hendricks Jr. and
William B. Davidson. The film was released by
Warner Bros.
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on January 1, 1938.
Cast
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Ronald Reagan as Pvt. Dennis Reilley
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Mary Maguire
Mary Maguire (born Hélène Teresa Maguire; 22 February 1919 – 18 May 1974) was an Australian-born actress who briefly became a Hollywood and British film star in the late 1930s.
Early life
Maguire was born in Melbourne, Australia, to Mich ...
as Miss Mary Lou Carruthers
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Donald Crisp
Donald William Crisp (27 July 188225 May 1974) was an English film actor as well as an early producer, director and screenwriter. His career lasted from the early silent film era into the 1960s. He won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ...
as Col. Todd Carruthers
* Ben Hendricks Jr. as Cpl. Kane
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William B. Davidson as Maj. Gruff
* Max Hoffman Jr. as Sgt. Buck Connors
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Robert Paige
Robert Paige (born John Arthur Paige, December 2, 1911 – December 21, 1987) was an actor and a TV newscaster and political correspondent and Universal Pictures leading man who made 65 films in his lifetime: he was the only actor ever allowed t ...
as Lt. Duncan
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Emmett Vogan
Charles Emmett Vogan (September 27, 1893 – October 6, 1969) was an American actor with almost 500 film appearances from 1934 to 1954, making him, along with Bess Flowers, one of the most prolific film actors of all time.
In 1913, Vogan ...
as Maj. Smythe
* Tracy Layne as Texas
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Edmund Cobb as Gruff's Adjutant
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Janet Shaw as Joan Furse
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Rosella Towne as Alice Valentine
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Joan Valerie as Bess Merrill
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Sam McDaniel as Henry H. Henry
* Sergeant Murphy as Sergeant Murphy
See also
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Ronald Reagan filmography
References
External links
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1938 films
1938 comedy films
American comedy films
American black-and-white films
Films directed by B. Reeves Eason
Warner Bros. films
1930s English-language films
1930s American films
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