A Navy Captain uses his experimental Snark to reach a nuclear submarine stuck on an ocean ledge.
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Charlton Heston | ... | Capt. Paul Blanchard | |
| David Carradine | ... | Capt. Gates | |
| Stacy Keach | ... | Capt. Bennett | |
| Ned Beatty | ... | Mickey | |
| Stephen McHattie | ... | Danny Murphy | |
| Ronny Cox | ... | Cmdr. David Samuelson | |
| Dorian Harewood | ... | Fowler | |
| Rosemary Forsyth | ... | Vickie Blanchard | |
| Hilly Hicks | ... | Page | |
| Charles Cioffi | ... | Admiral Barnes | |
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William Jordan | ... | Waters |
| Jack Rader | ... | Harkness | |
| Antony Ponzini | ... | Caruso | |
| Michael O'Keefe | ... | Harris | |
| Charles Robinson | ... | McAllister (as Charlie Robinson) | |
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The USS Neptune, a nuclear submarine, is sunk off the coast of Connecticut after a collision with a Norwegian cargo ship. The navy must attempt a potentially dangerous rescue in the hope of saving the lives of the crew. Written by Robbie Smith <robsmith@u.washington.edu>
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underwater scene | self sacrifice | nuclear submarine | submarine | collision |Taglines:
Trapped underwater... with time running out.Parents Guide:
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Country:
USARelease Date:
April 1978 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
S.O.S. - Submarino Nuclear See more »Filming Locations:
Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA See more »Edit
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Gross USA:
$5,438,927Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$5,438,927Company Credits
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Mono (Westrex Recording System) (uncredited)Color:
Color (Technicolor)Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1
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Mickey: If I did - they did!
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The SNARK cleans sand and rock debris from around the sunken sub's escape hatch, but when the rescue vessel arrives later, the submarine is completely clean; all the debris is gone. See more »Quotes
Capt. Gates: [referring to those aboard the downed submarine] I hope they understood it.Mickey: If I did - they did!
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A better-than-average disaster movie, due mostly to the absence of any ridiculous scenes. (There are no overweight older Jewish women who won swimming medals many years ago trying to reach the sub, for example.)
On the other hand, Ronnie Cox as the first officer goes to pieces very quickly and you wonder why the Navy ever thought he'd be able to command a sub of his own. Also, you've got to ponder the initial collision. The sub's crew basically just lets a freighter in open water run them down, not even noticing that the freighter is in the area until it's too late to do anything about it. Kind of makes you wonder.
Heston is restrained in his role, which works out pretty well. Everybody else does a good job (except for Cox) and the special FX are average for the time.
Definitely worth watching.