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Hellcats of the Navy (1957)

May 1, 1957 (US) War, Drama, Thriller • 82m

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

Director

Nathan Juran

Top Billed

Ronald Reagan

Keywords

Top Billed 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
Michael Garth

Bill aka Lt. Charlie

Joe Turkel
Joe Turkel

Chick (as Joseph Turkel)

Chester W. Nimitz
Chester W. Nimitz

Himself (in prologue) (uncredited)

Crew


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Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

Revenue

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