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Poster for Hellcats of the Navy

Hellcats of the Navy (1957)

NR ★ 4.3/10 82 min War, Drama, Thriller United States English
Director: Nathan Juran
Streaming: Not available
Down . . . Down . . . Down . . . into enemy waters with the fightin' hellcats of the U.S. sub pack !

Description

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 convinced that Abbott's sacrifice of Barton was due to the fact that the dead man had been amorously pursuing Helen.

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Top Cast

Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan Cmdr. Casey Abbott (Captain, USS Starfish)
Nancy Reagan
Nancy Reagan Nurse Lt. Helen Blair
Arthur Franz
Arthur Franz Lt. Cmdr. Don Landon (XO, USS Starfish)
Robert Arthur
Robert Arthur Freddy Warren
William Leslie
William Leslie Lt. Paul Prentice
William Phillips
William Phillips Carroll (as William Phillips)
Harry Lauter
Harry Lauter Lt. (j.g.) Wes Barton
Michael Garth Bill aka Lt. Charlie

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