Up Periscope poster

Up Periscope( 1959)

TV-MAWarAdventureAction
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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

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      James Garner

      Lt. J. G. Kenneth M. Braden

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      Edmond O'Brien

      Commander Paul Stevenson

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      Andra Martin

      Sally Johnson

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      Alan Hale Jr.

      Lt. Pat Malone

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      Carleton Carpenter

      Lt. Phil Carney

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      Frank Gifford

      Ensign Cy Mount

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      William Leslie

      Lt. Doherty

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      Richard Bakalyan

      Seaman Peck

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      Edd Byrnes

      Pharmacist Mate Ash

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      Sean Garrison

      Seaman Floyd

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      Henry Kulky

      Chief Petty Officer York

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      Warren Oates

      Seaman Kovacs

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      Clifford Kawada

      Japanese (uncredited)

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      Frank Watkins

      Gruber (uncredited)

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      Peggy Moffitt

      Jukebox Girl

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      Bernie Hamilton

      Seaman Weary

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    A review by John Chard

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    Written by John Chard on Mon Mar 02 2015
    Up Periscope and Down Tools. Tricky. It's a decent film, lovely to look at with its scope photography and technicolor palettes, James Garner and Edmond O'Brien are holding court in the acting stakes, and of course this being a submarine war film it has the requisite claustrophobic feel. Yet it never really gels as a whole, submerging too far into the mundane to play out a whole bunch of sequences that test the patience of the viewer. There's also the not too small problem of being able to suspend disbelief with the final mission. Now this is Hollywood and a Warner Brothers film, in 1959, ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • world war ii
    • u.s. navy
    • pacific theater
    • frogmen