Hellcats of the Navy
Released: May 1, 1957Runtime: 82 min
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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Ronald Reagan
as Cmdr. Casey Abbott
Nancy Reagan
as Nurse Lt. Helen Blair
Arthur Franz
as Lt. Cmdr. Don Landon
Robert Arthur
as Freddy Warren
William Leslie
as Lt. Paul Prentice
William Bill Phillips
as Carroll
Harry Lauter
as Lt. (j.g.) Wes Barton
Michael Garth
as Bill aka Lt. Charlie
Joe Turkel
as Chick
Don Keefer
as Jug
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