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Hellcats of the Navy

42 %|May 1, 1957|War, Drama, Thriller

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.

Featured Crew

Nathan Juran
Director
Bernard Gordon
Screenplay
David Lang
Screenplay
Jerome Thoms
Editor
Charles H. Schneer
Producer
Irving Lippman
Director of Photography
Rudi Feld
Art Direction
Hans Christian Adamson
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Cast

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Ronald Reagan
Cmdr. Casey Abbott (Captain, USS Starfish)
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Nancy Reagan
Nurse Lt. Helen Blair
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Arthur Franz
Lt. Cmdr. Don Landon (XO, USS Starfish)
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Robert Arthur
Freddy Warren
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William Leslie
Lt. Paul Prentice
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William Phillips
Carroll (as William Phillips)
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Harry Lauter
Lt. (j.g.) Wes Barton
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Michael Garth
Bill aka Lt. Charlie
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Joe Turkel
Chick (as Joseph Turkel)
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Chester W. Nimitz
Himself (in prologue) (uncredited)