Hellcats of the Navy

Hellcats of the Navy (1957)

Released: 1957-05-01 Duration: 1hr 22min
Genres: War Drama Thriller
Rating 4.3
Down . . . Down . . . Down . . . into enemy waters with the fightin' hellcats of the U.S. sub pack !

Overview

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.

Production Companies

Morningside Productions
Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures

Additional Info

Budget $0.00
Revenue $0.00
Original Language en
Popularity 2.797

Directed By

Nathan Juran

Crew

Director
Nathan Juran
Screenplay
Bernard Gordon
Screenplay
David Lang
Art Direction
Rudi Feld
Director of Photography
Irving Lippman
Editor
Jerome Thoms
Screenstory
David Lang

TOP 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)

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