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Hellcats Of The Navy (1957) - (Movie Clip) Clear The Deck!

Future president Reagan here as WWII Commander Abbott, making the call to submerge before his submarine is spotted by a Japanese vessel, leaving a frogman at risk and infuriating his second in command (Arthur Franz), in Hellcats Of The Navy, 1957, co-starring Nancy Davis (Reagan).

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