Down . . . Down . . . Down . . . into enemy waters with the fightin' hellcats of the U.S. sub pack !
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 convinced that Abbott's sacrifice of Barton was due to the fact that the dead man had been amorously pursuing Helen.
Nathan Juran
Director
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)
Operation Pacific61%
Woman of Straw62%
Lifeboat73%
Waiting for Anya62%
The Bedford Incident70%
The Cruel Sea70%
Flying Tigers62%
Halls of Montezuma59%
The Wings of Eagles63%
Run Silent, Run Deep69%
The Truth About Emanuel59%
The Fighting Seabees63%
The Last Rifleman66%
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial67%
Emperor62%
The Young Lions68%
The Bridge on the River Kwai78%
The Poseidon Adventure71%
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison69%
Taking Sides62%
