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Hellcats of the Navy

Down . . . Down . . . Down . . . into enemy waters with the fightin' hellcats of the U.S. sub pack !

Description: 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.

Genres: War, Drama, Thriller

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Budget: $0 | Revenue : $0

Runtime: 82 minutes

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Ronald Reagan

Played Cmdr. Casey Abbott (Captain, USS Starfish)

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Nancy Reagan

Played Nurse Lt. Helen Blair

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Arthur Franz

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

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Robert Arthur

Played Freddy Warren

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William Leslie

Played Lt. Paul Prentice

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William Phillips

Played Carroll (as William Phillips)

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Harry Lauter

Played Lt. (j.g.) Wes Barton

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Michael Garth

Played Bill aka Lt. Charlie

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Joe Turkel

Played Chick (as Joseph Turkel)

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Don Keefer

Played Jug

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Chester W. Nimitz

Played Himself (in prologue) (uncredited)

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