Hellcats of the Navy
Down . . . Down . . . Down . . . into enemy waters with the fightin' hellcats of the U.S. sub pack !
1957 | 82m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Nathan H. Juran |
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| Writer: | David Lang, Hans Christian Adamson, Bernard Gordon, Charles A. Lockwood |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | May 01, 1957 |
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| Director: | Nathan H. Juran |
| Writer: | David Lang, Hans Christian Adamson, Bernard Gordon, Charles A. Lockwood |
| Genres: | Drama, Thriller, War |
| Keywords | submarine, love triangle, nurse |
| Production Companies | Columbia Pictures, Morningside Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 (Update) Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Ronald Reagan | Cmdr. Casey Abbott (Captain, USS Starfish) |
| Nancy Reagan | Nurse Lt. Helen Blair |
| Arthur Franz | Lt. Cmdr. Don Landon (XO, USS Starfish) |
| Robert Arthur | Freddy Warren |
| William Leslie | Lt. Paul Prentice |
| William Phillips | Carroll (as William Phillips) |
| Harry Lauter | Lt. (j.g.) Wes Barton |
| Michael Garth | Bill aka Lt. Charlie |
| Joe Turkel | Chick (as Joseph Turkel) |
| Don Keefer | Jug |
| Chester W. Nimitz | Himself (in prologue) (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Nathan H. Juran | Director |
| David Lang | Screenstory, Screenplay |
| Irving Lippman | Director of Photography |
| Jerome Thoms | Editor |
| Hans Christian Adamson | Book |
| Bernard Gordon | Screenplay |
| Rudi Feld | Art Direction |
| Charles A. Lockwood | Book |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Charles H. Schneer | Producer |
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