[william clark]

It's too bad they're not including the Brass Bancroft films, although they're not exactly regarded as the high points of his career. Still, fun B-movie fluff.

In fact, the best story I know is that Reagan was so embarrassed by the second film in the quartet, "Code of the Secret Service," he implored Warner Bros. to not release it. Supposedly, the studio compromised and gave it a release that excluded Los Angeles and New York, so he wouldn't be embarrassed by it in front of his friends. Yet somewhere a young Jerry Parr saw the picture, loved it, and was inspired by it to become a Secret Service agent. Flash forward 42 years, to the day when John Hinkley attempted to assassinate President Reagan. Reagan's life was saved when Secret Service agent Jerry Parr instructed the limo driver to rush to the hospital instead of returning to the White House.

For those interested, the films in the series are:

Secret Service of the Air
Code of the Secret Service
Smashing the Money Ring
Murder in the Air

[KangarooJacqui]

In fact, the best story I know is that Reagan was so embarrassed by the second film in the quartet, "Code of the Secret Service," he implored Warner Bros. to not release it. Supposedly, the studio compromised and gave it a release that excluded Los Angeles and New York, so he wouldn't be embarrassed by it in front of his friends. Yet somewhere a young Jerry Parr saw the picture, loved it, and was inspired by it to become a Secret Service agent. Flash forward 42 years, to the day when John Hinkley attempted to assassinate President Reagan. Reagan's life was saved when Secret Service agent Jerry Parr instructed the limo driver to rush to the hospital instead of returning to the White House.

What a story! I never knew that. (It almost sounds like a movie script in and of itself...)