Hellcats of the Navy

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.

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  Ronald Reagan

  Cmdr. Casey Abbott (Captain, USS Starfish)
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  Nancy Reagan

  Nurse Lt. Helen Blair
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  Arthur Franz

  Lt. Cmdr. Don Landon (XO, USS Starfish)
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  Robert Arthur

  Freddy Warren
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  William Leslie

  Lt. Paul Prentice
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  William Phillips

  Carroll (as William Phillips)
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  Harry Lauter

  Lt. (j.g.) Wes Barton
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  Joe Turkel

  Chick (as Joseph Turkel)
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  Don Keefer

  Jug
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  Chester W. Nimitz

  Himself (in prologue) (uncredited)