Hellcats of the Navy

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Ronald Reagan

Cmdr. Casey Abbott (Captain, USS Starfish)

Age : 93 | Popularity : 16%

Nancy Reagan

Nurse Lt. Helen Blair

Age : 94 | Popularity : 3%

Arthur Franz

Lt. Cmdr. Don Landon (XO, USS Starfish)

Age : 86 | Popularity : 6%

Robert Arthur

Freddy Warren

Age : 83 | Popularity : 8%

William Leslie

Lt. Paul Prentice

Age : 77 | Popularity : 3%

William Phillips

Carroll (as William Phillips)

Age : 49 | Popularity : 7%

Harry Lauter

Lt. (j.g.) Wes Barton

Age : 76 | Popularity : 4%

Michael Garth

Bill aka Lt. Charlie

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Editing	Editor	Jerome Thoms
Camera	Director of Photography	Irving Lippman
Directing	Director	Nathan H. Juran
Production	Producer	Charles H. Schneer
Writing	Screenplay	Bernard Gordon David Lang
	Screenstory	David Lang
	Book	Charles A. Lockwood Hans Christian Adamson
Art	Art Direction	Rudi Feld
Department	Role	Name

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