Kings Row, 1942 One of those naughty novels that Hollywood did handsprings to sanitize, the Warners version of Henry Bellamann's best-seller touches, daintily, on all manner of small-town foibles
Desperate Journey, 1942 Warners had one more role for its budding star — an RAF pilot in Desperate Journey, again supporting Errol Flynn — before Reagan entered World War II as a stateside soldier. Kept out of action because of poor vision, he was assigned to the First Motion Picture Unit, making propaganda films for the armed forces.
Storm Warning, 1951 Many stars, Clark Gable and James Stewart among them, returned from World War II to reclaim their eminence. Reagan was not of their wattage, and he was also eclipsed by his soon-to-be-ex-wife Jane Wyman, who in 1949 won an Oscar for her role as a deaf-mute in Johnny Belinda.
The Killers, 1964 Long ensconced as the host of TV's General Electric Theatre and Death Valley Days, Reagan made his last film appearance as an out-and-out villain. It's a bit of a cheap thrill to watch Reagan play a crime heavy — the liberal notion of a corrupt businessman who sums up his ethical code by saying, "I approve of larceny; homicide is against my principles."