Hellcats of the Navy (1957)
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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… More 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. The rest of the film is spent proving Abbott right and Barton wrong. Based on a book by former USN vice-admiral Charles A. Lockwood (played in the film by Maurice Manson) and retired USAF colonel Hans Christian Adamson, Hellcats of the Navy is a much better film than Reagan's detractors would have one believe. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Nathan Juran
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- May 1, 1957 Wide
- Studio
- Columbia Pictures
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Cast
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Ronald Reagan
as Comdr. Casey Adams
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Nancy Davis
as Helen Blair
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Arthur Franz
as Lt. Cmdr. Don Landon
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Robert Arthur
as Freddy Warren
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William Leslie
as Lt. Paul Prentice
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Harry Lauter
as Wes Barton
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Michael Garth
as Charlie
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Joe Turkel
as Chick
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Don Keefer
as Jug
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Selmar Jackson
as Adm. Nimitz
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Maurice Manson
as Adm. Lockwood
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William 'Bill' Phillips
as Carroll
