Hellcats of the Navy

1h 22min

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

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)

Release date

1st May 1957

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English