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 Fra...
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Ronald ReaganCmdr. Casey Abbott (Captain, USS Starfish)
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Nancy ReaganNurse Lt. Helen Blair
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Arthur FranzLt. Cmdr. Don Landon (XO, USS Starfish)
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Robert ArthurFreddy Warren
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William LeslieLt. Paul Prentice
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William PhillipsCarroll (as William Phillips)
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Harry LauterLt. (j.g.) Wes Barton
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Michael GarthBill aka Lt. Charlie
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Joe TurkelChick (as Joseph Turkel)
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Don KeeferJug
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Chester W. NimitzHimself (in prologue) (uncredited)