Hellcats of the Navy 1957

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.

Directed by: Nathan H. Juran
Written by: David Lang & Bernard Gordon
Runtime: 82 minutes
Tagline: Down . . . Down . . . Down . . . into enemy waters with the fightin' hellcats of the U.S. sub pack !
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) 
Links:
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Also known as:
  • Höllenhunde des Pazifik