SERGEANT MURPHY

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 Presidio who appeared in the movie but were  barred by the Army from accepting any pay; Reagan was introduced in local newspaper accounts of the filming as a “Former Midwest Radio Sports Commentator, whose nickname was Dutch”; During the filming Reagan suffered a bruised shoulder when a horse went under him on a jump, but he was back on the set the next day “A bit lame but still game,” according to the newspapers reports; The film crew spent $20,000 in Monterey.

Ronald Reagan & Marry Maguire

B. Reeves Eason, Warner Bros, and Cavalry Picture Films

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