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Hellcats of the Navy (1957)
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.
Directing:
Writing:
Stars:
- Nathan H. Juran
Writing:
- David Lang
- Bernard Gordon
- Charles A. Lockwood
Stars:
Release Date: 1957-05-01
4.2/10
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- Country: US
- Language: English
- Runtime: 82
Cmdr. Casey Abbott (Captain, USS Starfish)
Lt. Paul Prentice
Nurse Lt. Helen Blair
Chick (as Joseph Turkel)
Jug
Lt. Cmdr. Don Landon (XO, USS Starfish)
Freddy Warren
Lt. (j.g.) Wes Barton
Himself (in prologue) (uncredited)
Carroll (as William Phillips)
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