Hellcats of the Navy (1957) Reviews

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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. The rest of the film is spent proving Abbott right and Barton wrong. Based on a book by former USN vice-admiral Charles A. Lockwood (played in the film by Maurice Manson) and retired USAF colonel Hans Christian Adamson, Hellcats of the Navy is a much better film than Reagan's detractors would have one believe. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Starring:: Ronald Reagan, Nancy Davis, (more)

Director(s):: Nathan Juran

Theatrical MPAA Rating:: NR

Format(s):: DVD | Digital SD
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	Garry A.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful

Movie Was great fun to watch.

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	Betty S.

0 out of 0 people found this review helpful

This was a fairly good movie. It's not bad a good example of war.

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	Karol R.

0 out of 0 people found this review helpful

Cary Grant would have been a better choice in Ronald Reagan's character. As far as Nancy Davis' character, nobody would have missed her if she hadn't appeared in the film. The story was good for the 59s, but why would a Navy Nurse, not in uniform, be meeting the submarine at the end of the movie. Also, she always appears in her white nursing uniform---they did have dress uniforms, didn't they. Did Ronald Reagan know Nancy Davis before this movie and suggested that she be written into the film? I've seen some of Reagan's movies and he's always the same---boring.

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	Tim G.

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This movie was OK if you consider the year it was made. It was interesting to see Nacy Davis and Ronald Reagan in a film together considering the first time I had ever heard of them was way back in 1980. No, I am not an idiot, I was just 9 when the election occurred.

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