Movie
Down Periscope
Overview
Maverick Navy Lieutenant Commander Tom Dodge will never be a textbook officer, but he's a brilliant seaman who's always wanted to command a nuclear submarine — he's been given one last chance to clean up his record. Unfortunately, Admiral Graham, his nemesis, would rather sink the fleet than give Dodge his own boat. So, Graham stacks the deck against him and assigns Dodge to the Stingray, a diesel-powered WW2 submarine that can barely keep afloat. To make matters worse, Dodge's crew is a collection of maladjusted, mistake-prone misfits. Then, he's tagged the "enemy" in a crucial war game, and ordered to take on the U.S. Navy's best.
Details
- Release date
- 1996-03-01
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Genres
- Comedy
- Status
- Released
- Production
- 20th Century Fox
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Kelsey Grammer as Lt. Commander Tom Dodge
- Lauren Holly as Lt. Emily Lake
- Rob Schneider as Lt. Marty Pascal
- Harry Dean Stanton as Lt. Howard
- Bruce Dern as Rear Admiral Yancy Graham
- William H. Macy as Captain Knox
- Rip Torn as Admiral Winslow
- Ken Hudson Campbell as Seaman Buckman
- Toby Huss as Seaman Nitro
- Duane Martin as Planesman 1st Class Jefferson 'R.J.' Jackson
- Jonathan Penner as Seaman Stanley 'Spots' Sylvesterson
- Bradford Tatum as Engineman 1st Class Brad Stepanak
Crew
- David S. Ward - Director
- Hugh Wilson - Screenplay
- Andrew Kurtzman - Screenplay
- Eliot Wald - Screenplay
- Hugh Wilson - Story
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