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Cast: Ronald Reagan, Nancy Reagan, Arthur Franz
Genre: Action Drama War
It's World War II and Ronald Reagan is the commander of the USS Starfish, a Hellcat class of Navy submarines. His mission is to retrieve a new Japanese mine that is blowing up American ships. During his testing of a new prototype U.S. radar...the Commander takes it upon himself to enter into Japan's coastal waters in an attempt to chart the dangerous, mine laden waters off the shore of Japan. His first officer doesn't trust the Commander's judgement after Reagan decides to submerge the submarine leaving a man in the water to die.
This is the only movie that Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis appear together in, though both made plenty of films. Later they would be married and be President and First Lady of the USA.
I thought this was a pretty fun movie. Sub movies are my thing and this one has some great footage of a real sub underwater with frogmen leaving the sub while it's underwater.
The action was good and the inside of the sub looked really cramped. The b story - romance between a crew member and Nancy Davis who's the commanders old girl didn't work for me.
The script was written by a blacklisted writer under a different name. Ronald Reagan as a politician denied that a Hollywood blacklist ever existed.
This is the only movie I've seen Nancy Davis in, and I can't figure out why they let her be a romantic lead? It must have been at Ronald's request as they were married at the time.
Hellcats of the Navy (1957)
Director: Nathan JuranCast: Ronald Reagan, Nancy Reagan, Arthur Franz
Genre: Action Drama War
It's World War II and Ronald Reagan is the commander of the USS Starfish, a Hellcat class of Navy submarines. His mission is to retrieve a new Japanese mine that is blowing up American ships. During his testing of a new prototype U.S. radar...the Commander takes it upon himself to enter into Japan's coastal waters in an attempt to chart the dangerous, mine laden waters off the shore of Japan. His first officer doesn't trust the Commander's judgement after Reagan decides to submerge the submarine leaving a man in the water to die.
This is the only movie that Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis appear together in, though both made plenty of films. Later they would be married and be President and First Lady of the USA.
I thought this was a pretty fun movie. Sub movies are my thing and this one has some great footage of a real sub underwater with frogmen leaving the sub while it's underwater.
The action was good and the inside of the sub looked really cramped. The b story - romance between a crew member and Nancy Davis who's the commanders old girl didn't work for me.
The script was written by a blacklisted writer under a different name. Ronald Reagan as a politician denied that a Hollywood blacklist ever existed.
This is the only movie I've seen Nancy Davis in, and I can't figure out why they let her be a romantic lead? It must have been at Ronald's request as they were married at the time.