Hellcats of the Navy (1957)
Down . . . Down . . . Down . . . into enemy waters with the fightin' hellcats of the U.S. sub pack !
Starring Ronald Reagan, Nancy Reagan, Arthur Franz
Directed by Nathan H. Juran
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.
Runtime: 82 min.
Rating: 3.3
DVD
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America
Genres: Drama,Thriller,War
Keywords: love triangle,submarine,nurse,u boat
Cast
Cmdr. Casey Abbott (Captain, USS Starfish)
Nurse Lt. Helen Blair
Lt. Cmdr. Don Landon (XO, USS Starfish)
Freddy Warren
Lt. Paul Prentice
Carroll (as William Phillips)
Lt. (j.g.) Wes Barton
Bill aka Lt. Charlie
Chick (as Joseph Turkel)
Jug
Himself (in prologue) (uncredited)