

Hellcats of the Navy
DirectorNathan Juran
“Down . . . Down . . . Down . . . into enemy waters with the fightin' hellcats of the U.S. sub pack !”
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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Trailer
Hellcats Of The Navy (1957) Film Trailer
Cast

Ronald Reagan
Cmdr. Casey Abbott (Captain, USS Starfish)

Nancy Reagan
Nurse Lt. Helen Blair

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

Robert Arthur
Freddy Warren

William Leslie
Lt. Paul Prentice

William Phillips
Carroll (as William Phillips)

Harry Lauter
Lt. (j.g.) Wes Barton
Michael Garth
Bill aka Lt. Charlie

Joe Turkel
Chick (as Joseph Turkel)

Don Keefer
Jug

Chester W. Nimitz
Himself (in prologue) (uncredited)
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