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Hellcats of the Navy (1957)

Hellcats of the Navy

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1h 22m

Drama, Thriller, War

May 1st, 1957

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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.

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Cast

Ronald Reagan
Cmdr. Casey Abbott
Nancy Reagan
Nurse Lt. Helen Blair
Arthur Franz
Lt. Cmdr. Don Landon
Robert Arthur
Freddy Warren
William Leslie
Lt. Paul Prentice
William 'Bill' Phillips
Carroll
Harry Lauter
Lt. Wes Barton
Lt. (j.g.) Wes Barton
Michael Garth
Bill aka Lt. Charlie
Joe Turkel
Chick
Don Keefer
Jug
Full cast & crew

Directors

Nathan Juran
Full cast & crew

Producers

Charles H. Schneer
producer
Full cast & crew

Writers

Charles A. Lockwood
(book) (as Vice-Admiral Charles A. Lockwood Vice-Admiral USN Ret.) and
Hans Christian Adamson
book
(as Col. Hans Christian Adamson USAF Ret.)
David Lang
(screenplay) and
Full cast & crew

Taglines

Down . . . Down . . . Down . . . into enemy waters with the fightin' hellcats of the U.S. sub pack !
"This is the story of one pf the most daring submarine operations in the history of naval warfare!" - CHESTER W. NIMITZ, Fleet Admiral U.S. Navy

Keywords

love triangle
nurse
subjective camera
All Keywords

Country of Origin

United States of America

Languages

English

Release Dates

October 25th, 1957 (Finland)
May 6th, 1959 (France)
May 12th, 1958 (Portugal)
All Release Dates

Alternative Titles

Hellcats of the Navy (original title)
Conflito de Destinos (Brazil) (alternative title)
Demônios Submarinos (Brazil)
All Alternative Titles

Locations

San Diego Naval Training Station, San Diego, California, USA
San Diego, California, USA

Running Times

82 min

Sound Mixes

Mono

Aspect Ratios

1.85 : 1

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures
Morningside Productions

Distribution Companies

RCA/Columbia-Hoyts Home Video (Australia)
RCA/Columbia Pictures International Video (Germany)
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Germany)
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