Up Periscope (1959)
Genre: Action / War
Duration: 112 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Gordon Douglas
Stars: James Garner and Edmond O'Brien
IMDb score:
6,4 (2.405)
Releasedate: 4 March 1959
Up Periscope plot
"The man they called the 'human torpedo' - the secret underwater marauder who hit like no man hit before!"
Ken Braden (James Garner) is a naval lieutenant who receives a special assignment during World War II. He is transferred to a submarine bound for an island occupied by the Japanese. His mission is to get to the island undetected and photograph secret radio codes there.
Actors and actresses
Lt. J. G. Kenneth M. Braden
Commander Paul Stevenson
Sally Johnson
Lt. Pat Malone
Lt. Phil Carney
Ensign Cy Mount
Lt. Doherty
Seaman Peck
Pharmacist Mate Ash
Seaman Floyd
Reviews & comments
Movsin
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- 8286 messages
- 8442 votes
Average war adventure film from that period with the classic ingredients such as there is some romance, the unavoidable squabbles among the crew and the disagreements of the officers, the seriousness of the battle and the eventful ending.
Not a masterpiece, but actually I can't say a bad word about it.
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Roger Thornhill
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- 6070 messages
- 2476 votes
Still quite a few decades old, but still surprisingly fresh thanks to the smooth dialogue and the tense performances of the two stars - James Garner in particular impresses, not only with his physicality and his grin, but also with his thinly veiled aversion to (and perhaps even contempt for) the regime of Edmond O'Brien. Of course not as photogenic-claustrophobic with beautifully lit corridors full of red light as we are used to from Das Boot and The hunt for Red October and other modern submarine films, but still quite exciting . Too bad the filmmakers didn't have the guts (or the vision) to maintain the radio silence of the first half of the actual mission and instead went for "exciting" music during the second half.
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T.O.
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- 2428 messages
- 2806 votes
This war film with James Bond adventure edge just doesn't want to rise above mediocrity. It's not really going anywhere. Scenes on a submarine and other exotic locations are always fun, but nothing special is done with them. Acting remains solid; Edmond O'Brien is the most convincing yet.
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