Hellcats of the Navy

About Hellcats of the Navy

Captain Casey Abbott commands an American submarine in the Pacific during World War II. When a perilous mission to retrieve a new Japanese mine for study goes awry, he's forced to abandon a likable combat diver.

Nathan Juran's Hellcats of the Navy is a 1957 thriller war film. Released in May 1957, it runs 82 minutes.

Its themes are nurse, submarine, and love triangle.

Ronald Reagan appears as Cmdr. Casey Abbott (Captain, USS Starfish), Nancy Reagan as Nurse Lt. Helen Blair, Arthur Franz as Lt. Cmdr. Don Landon (XO, USS Starfish), and Robert Arthur as Freddy Warren. The screenplay is by Bernard Gordon and David Lang.

Doctor Zhivago, Below, and The Mother and the Whore make useful companions to Hellcats of the Navy. It carries a NR rating.