Hellcats of the Navy (1957)
Down . . . Down . . . Down . . . into enemy waters with the fightin' hellcats of the U.S. sub pack !
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.
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Ronald ReaganCmdr. Casey Abbott (Captain, USS Starfish)
Nancy ReaganNurse Lt. Helen Blair
Arthur FranzLt. Cmdr. Don Landon (XO, USS Starfish)
Robert ArthurFreddy Warren
William LeslieLt. Paul Prentice
William PhillipsCarroll (as William Phillips)
Harry LauterLt. (j.g.) Wes BartonMichael GarthBill aka Lt. Charlie
Joe TurkelChick (as Joseph Turkel)
Don KeeferJug
Chester W. NimitzHimself (in prologue) (uncredited)Keywords
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What is Hellcats of the Navy about?
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.
How long is Hellcats of the Navy?
Hellcats of the Navy has a runtime of 82 minutes.
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