Hellcats of the Navy (1957)

  • NR
  • 05/01/1957 (US)
  • War, Drama, Thriller
  • 1h 22m

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

Bernard Gordon

Screenplay

David Lang

Screenplay

Cast

Ronald Reagan's headshot

Ronald Reagan

Cmdr. Casey Abbott (Captain, USS Starfish)
Nancy Reagan's headshot

Nancy Reagan

Nurse Lt. Helen Blair
Arthur Franz's headshot

Arthur Franz

Lt. Cmdr. Don Landon (XO, USS Starfish)
Robert Arthur's headshot

Robert Arthur

Freddy Warren
William Leslie's headshot

William Leslie

Lt. Paul Prentice
William Phillips's headshot

William Phillips

Carroll (as William Phillips)
Harry Lauter's headshot

Harry Lauter

Lt. (j.g.) Wes Barton
Michael Garth's headshot

Michael Garth

Bill aka Lt. Charlie

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