Hellcats of the Navy

Hellcats of the Navy

Down . . . Down . . . Down . . . into enemy waters with the fightin' hellcats of the U.S. sub pack !

1957•1h 22m•4.3/10

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4.3/10(13)

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 convinced that Abbott's sacrifice of Barton was due to the fact that the dead man had been amorously pursuing Helen.

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Production

Morningside Productions

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan

Cmdr. Casey Abbott (Captain, USS Starfish)

Nancy Reagan

Nancy Reagan

Nurse Lt. Helen Blair

Arthur Franz

Arthur Franz

Lt. Cmdr. Don Landon (XO, USS Starfish)

Robert Arthur

Robert Arthur

Freddy Warren

William Leslie

William Leslie

Lt. Paul Prentice

William Phillips

William Phillips

Carroll (as William Phillips)

Harry Lauter

Harry Lauter

Lt. (j.g.) Wes Barton

Michael Garth

Bill aka Lt. Charlie

Joe Turkel

Joe Turkel

Chick (as Joseph Turkel)

Don Keefer

Don Keefer

Jug

Chester W. Nimitz

Chester W. Nimitz

Himself (in prologue) (uncredited)

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