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Sergeant Murphy (1938)

• Director
  • B. Reeves Eason
• Writers
  • William Jacobs(screen play)
  • Sy Bartlett(story)
  • Abem Finkel(contributor to screenplay construction)
• Stars
  • Ronald Reagan
  • Mary Maguire
  • Donald Crisp

  In this wartime drama, cavalry private Dennis Murphy purchases a nervous horse, Sergeant, after it is deemed unfit for military service. With patience and love, Murphy trains his horse into a champion and later proves his worth by sneaking the steed into England where he enters him in the Grand National. He wins. The plucky private also wins the affection of the colonel's daughter. This film is based on a true story.