Hellcats of the Navy

1957 "Down . . . Down . . . Down . . . into enemy waters with the fightin' hellcats of the U.S. sub pack !"
Hellcats of the Navy
5.6| 1h22m| NR| en| Drama, Thriller
Storyline

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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Columbia Pictures

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  • Hellcats of the Navy Cast
Ronald Reagan as Cmdr. Casey Abbott (Captain, USS Starfish)
Nancy Reagan as Nurse Lt. Helen Blair
Arthur Franz as Lt. Cmdr. Don Landon (XO, USS Starfish)
Robert Arthur as Freddy Warren
William Leslie as Lt. Paul Prentice
William Phillips as Carroll (as William Phillips)
Harry Lauter as Lt. (j.g.) Wes Barton
Joe Turkel as Chick (as Joseph Turkel)
Don Keefer as Jug