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Hellcats of the Navy(1957)

NR05/01/1957 (US)WarDramaThriller1h 22m
43%

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

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.

Nathan Juran

Director

Movie Cast

Ronald Reagan photo

Ronald Reagan

Cmdr. Casey Abbott (Captain, USS Starfish)

Nancy Reagan photo

Nancy Reagan

Nurse Lt. Helen Blair

Arthur Franz photo

Arthur Franz

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

Robert Arthur photo

Robert Arthur

Freddy Warren

William Leslie photo

William Leslie

Lt. Paul Prentice

William Phillips photo

William Phillips

Carroll (as William Phillips)

Harry Lauter photo

Harry Lauter

Lt. (j.g.) Wes Barton

Michael Garth photo

Michael Garth

Bill aka Lt. Charlie

Joe Turkel photo

Joe Turkel

Chick (as Joseph Turkel)

Chester W. Nimitz photo

Chester W. Nimitz

Himself (in prologue) (uncredited)

Movie Stats

StatusReleased

BudgetNot Given

RevenueNot Given

Production CompanyMorningside Productions

Original LanguageEnglish

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