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Hellcats of the Navy (1957)
Directed by Nathan H. Juran
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.
Rated NR | Length 82 minutes
Actors
Ronald Reagan | Nancy Reagan | Arthur Franz | Robert Arthur | William Leslie | William 'Bill' Phillips | Harry Lauter | Michael Garth | Joe Turkel | Don Keefer | Chester W. Nimitz