Hellcats of the Navy

Ronald Reagan and future wife Nancy Davis make their only screen appearance together in this naval wartime drama.

Commander Casey Abbott (Reagan) takes his submarine crew on a perilous mission to secure a link between the Asiatic mainland and Japanese home islands.

Over the course of the mission, Abbott teaches his second-in-command, Landon (Arthur Franz), to distinguish between duty and personal feelings.

This is put to the test when Landon is forced to leave Abbott stranded in the sea, before he is picked up and cared for by young nurse Blair (Davis).