Hellcats of the Navy
(1957)

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

Released: 1957-05-01

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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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Ronald Reagan

as Cmdr. Casey Abbott (Captain, USS Starfish)

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Nancy Reagan

as Nurse Lt. Helen Blair

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Arthur Franz

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

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Robert Arthur

as Freddy Warren

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William Leslie

as Lt. Paul Prentice

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William Phillips

as Carroll (as William Phillips)

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Harry Lauter

as Lt. (j.g.) Wes Barton

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Michael Garth

as Bill aka Lt. Charlie

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Joe Turkel

as Chick (as Joseph Turkel)

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Chester W. Nimitz

as Himself (in prologue) (uncredited)

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