Hellcats of the Navy (1957)

Hellcats of the Navy (1957)

Down . . . Down . . . Down . . . into enemy waters with the fightin' hellcats of the U.S. sub pack ! 1957-05-01 United States of America 82 Min. PG-13
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Overview

Future "first couple" Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis made their only joint film appearance in Hellcats of the Navy. Ronnie plays Casey Abbott, commander of a WW2 submarine, while Nancy portrays navy nurse Helen Blair, Abbott's off-and-on girlfriend. During a delicate mission in which his sub is ordered to retrieve a revolutionary new Japanese mine, Abbott is forced to leave frogman Wes Barton (Harry Lauter) behind to save the rest of his crew. But Abbott's second-in-command Don Landon (Eduard Franz) is convincing that Abbott's sacrifice of Barton was due to the fact that the dead man had been amorously pursuing Helen.

Cast

Ronald Reagan is Cmdr. Casey Abbott (Captain, USS Starfish)
Cmdr. Casey Abbott (Captain, USS Starfish)
Nancy Reagan is Nurse Lt. Helen Blair
Nurse Lt. Helen Blair
Arthur Franz is Lt. Cmdr. Don Landon (XO, USS Starfish)
Lt. Cmdr. Don Landon (XO, USS Starfish)
Robert Arthur is Freddy Warren
Freddy Warren
William Leslie is Lt. Paul Prentice
Lt. Paul Prentice
William Phillips is Carroll (as William Phillips)
Carroll (as William Phillips)
Harry Lauter is Lt. (j.g.) Wes Barton
Lt. (j.g.) Wes Barton
Michael Garth is Bill aka Lt. Charlie
Bill aka Lt. Charlie
Joe Turkel is Chick (as Joseph Turkel)
Chick (as Joseph Turkel)
Don Keefer is Jug
Jug
Chester W. Nimitz is Himself (in prologue) (uncredited)
Himself (in prologue) (uncredited)

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