Hellcats of the Navy

May. 01,1957      NR
Rating:
5.6
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Ronald Reagan as  Cmdr. Casey Abbott (Captain, USS Starfish)
Nancy Davis 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
Chester W. Nimitz as  Himself (in prologue) (uncredited)

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