Hellcats of the Navy 66 years old
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 convincing that Abbott's sacrifice of Barton was due to the fact that the dead man had been amorously pursuing Helen.
Credits
Hellcats of the Navy Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Joe Turkel He was 29, now 96 years old | as Chick (as Joseph Turkel) |
| Harry Lauter He was 42, 76 years old when he died | as Lt. (j.g.) Wes Barton |
| Ronald Reagan He was 46, 93 years old when he died | as Cmdr. Casey Abbott (Captain, USS Starfish) |
| Arthur Franz He was 37, 86 years old when he died | as Lt. Cmdr. Don Landon (XO, USS Starfish) |
| Nancy Reagan She was 35, 94 years old when she died | as Nurse Lt. Helen Blair |
| William 'Bill' Phillips He was 48, 49 years old when he died | as Carroll (as William Phillips) |
| Robert Arthur He was 47, 76 years old when he died | as Freddy Warren |
| Don Keefer He was 40, 98 years old when he died | as Jug |
| William Leslie He was 29, 77 years old when he died | as Lt. Paul Prentice |
Hellcats of the Navy Crew
| Name | Department |
|---|---|
| Jerome Thoms as Editor. He was 49 (70) years old when He died | Editing |
| Irving Lippman as Director of Photography. He was 51 (100) years old when He died | Camera |
| Nathan H. Juran as Director. He was 49 (95) years old when He died | Directing |
| Charles H. Schneer as Producer. He was 36 (88) years old when He died | Production |
| Bernard Gordon as Screenplay. He was 38 (88) years old when He died | Writing |
| Rudi Feld as Art Direction. He was 59 (96) years old when He died | Art |
| David Lang as Screenplay. He was 0 (50) years old when He died | Writing |
| David Lang as Screenstory. He was 0 (50) years old when He died | Writing |
| Charles A. Lockwood as Book. He was 66 (76) years old when He died | Writing |
| Hans Christian Adamson as Book. He was 66 (78) years old when He died | Writing |
Hellcats of the Navy (66 years)
Down . . . Down . . . Down . . . into enemy waters with the fightin' hellcats of the U.S. sub pack !
- Release day: Wednesday, May 01, 1957
- Runtime: 82 minutes
