Up Periscope (1959)

NR03/04/1959War, Adventure, Action1h 52m
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The man they called the 'human torpedo' - the secret underwater marauder who hit like no man hit before!

Overview

Lieutenant Braden discovers that Sally, the woman he's been falling in love with, has actually been checking out his qualifications to be a U.S. Navy frogman. He must put his personal life behind him after being assigned to be smuggled into a Japanese-held island via submarine to photograph radio codes.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    James Garner

    Lt. J. G. Kenneth M. Braden

  2. Cast 1

    Edmond O'Brien

    Commander Paul Stevenson

  3. Cast 1

    Andra Martin

    Sally Johnson

  4. Cast 1

    Alan Hale Jr.

    Lt. Pat Malone

  5. Cast 1

    Carleton Carpenter

    Lt. Phil Carney

  6. Cast 1

    Frank Gifford

    Ensign Cy Mount

  7. Cast 1

    William Leslie

    Lt. Doherty

  8. Cast 1

    Richard Bakalyan

    Seaman Peck

  9. Cast 1

    Edd Byrnes

    Pharmacist Mate Ash

As a kid, I always loved submarine films. As a weapon of war, they aways provided a great vehicle for an adventure - great atmosphere, murky depths and torpedos that seemed very rarely to hit what they were aimed at! Best of all, though, there was positively no room at sea, on the boat, for any slushy romance!! This film opens with James Garner ("Braden") doing his best impression of the beach scene in "From Here to Eternity" (1953) with Andra Martin ("Sally") and my heart sank - yuk, I thought! Yet, no - stick with it. Shortly after all this sand in the swimsuit malarkey and a marriage propos...

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Original LanguageEnglish 

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