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.
as Cmdr. Casey Abbott (Captain, USS Starfish)
as Nurse Lt. Helen Blair
as Lt. Cmdr. Don Landon (XO, USS Starfish)
as Freddy Warren
as Lt. Paul Prentice
as Carroll (as William Phillips)
as Lt. (j.g.) Wes Barton
as Bill aka Lt. Charlie
as Chick (as Joseph Turkel)
as Jug
as Himself (in prologue) (uncredited)
