Up Periscope (1959)

Director:

Gordon Douglas

Writers:

Richard H. Landau (screenplay)
Robb White (novel)

Release Date:

28 August 1959 (Finland)

Genre:

Action | Drama | War

Tagline:

Warner Brothers' "Maverick" Man! Bigger Than Ever Now and Ready Right Now in his Big-Screen Big-Excitement Technicolor Smash!

Plot:

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...

Plot Keywords:

Submarine | Man In Swimsuit | WWII | U Boat | Sabotage

Cast

James Garner	...	Lt. j.g. Kenneth M. Braden
Edmond O'Brien	...	Commander Paul Stevenson
Andra Martin	...	Sally Johnson
Alan Hale Jr.	...	Lt. Pat Malone (as Alan Hale)
Carleton Carpenter	...	Lt. Phil Carney
Frank Gifford	...	Ensign Cy Mount
William Leslie	...	Lt. Doherty
Richard Bakalyan	...	Seaman Peck
Edd Byrnes	...	Pharmacist Mate Ash (as Edward Byrnes)
Sean Garrison	...	Seaman Floyd
Henry Kulky	...	Chief Petty Officer York

Runtime:

112 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Certification:

USA:Approved (certificate #19139) | West Germany:12 (re-rating) | West Germany:16 (f) (original rating) | Australia:PG | Norway:16 | Finland:K-16 | UK:U

Company:

Lakeside Productions

Trivia:

Debut of Warren Oates.

Movie Connections:

Edited from Destination Tokyo (1943)

Soundtrack:

The Sailor's Hornpipe

decent war flick, but not as good as the book

Robb White's World War II naval-combat/coming-of-age novel is one of my lifetime favorites, so I eagerly anticipated seeing this movie on video. Unfortunately, the book spoiled it for me. I'm sure I would have liked this movie much better if I had never read the book. To be fair, this is a good war flick on its own merits.