Hellcats of the Navy

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.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

War,

Drama,

Thriller

Duration:

82 minutes

Year:

1957

Director:

Nathan Juran

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Company:

Morningside Productions

Cast:

Cmdr. Casey Abbott (Captain, USS Starfish)

Nurse Lt. Helen Blair

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

Freddy Warren

Lt. Paul Prentice

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