Sergeant Murphy (1938) DVD

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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.

Ronnie REAGAN’s 1938 Hollywood Blockbuster

Posted by Bret MERCER on Oct 15th 2026

The movie is very entertaining! Growing up in the 1950s, whenever my brothers and my sister and I watched a television show or a movie starring REAGAN, our father would tell us that Ronnie was his “co-star” in the “Hollywood blockbuster”, Sergeant MURPHY, about a horse in the Army before World War 2. In 1937, when the movie was filmed, our father was an officer trainee in the Army horse artillery at the Presidio of Monterey, California. It was a lot of fun to finally get to watch our father marching on a parade ground in the background. It was NOT a close up speaking role after all!