Hellcats of the Navy

"Down . . . Down . . . Down . . . into enemy waters with the fightin' hellcats of the U.S. sub pack !"

May 1 1957 Approved 1h 22m
Drama, Thriller, War

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.

Plot

The daring exploits of a submarine commander whose mission is to chart the minefields in the waters of Japan during World War II.

Written by

Charles A. Lockwood, Hans Christian Adamson, David Lang

Directed by

Nathan Juran

Cast

Ronald Reagan, Nancy Reagan, Arthur Franz

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures, Morningside Productions

Languages

English

Awards

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Trailers
Hellcats Of The Navy (1957) Film Trailer
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