Up Periscope (1959) Movie Overview

Up Periscope is a 1959 World War II drama starring James Garner as a Navy frogman fighting the Japanese. The supporting cast includes Edmond O’Brien, Andra Martin, and Alan Hale, Jr.. The film was written by Richard H. Landau and Robb White from White’s novel, produced by Aubrey Schenk, and directed by Gordon Douglas. While references were acknowledged to protect the interests of Robert White’s novel, the hollywood background is unmistakable: the 1943 Delmer Davies and Steve Fischer movie called Destination Tokyo. That movie starred Cary Grant and James Garfield and featured frequent Errol Flynn sidekick Alan Hale, Sr. (father of “Up Periscope” player Alan Hale, Jr.) as “Cookie” the submarine’s cook. The younger Hale appears in “Up Periscope” as a long tenured Ensign who, instead of cleaning up the galley, cleans up all the minor duties not taken by senior officers. From the movies theme music to the general character of the film, “Up Periscope” stands to “Destination Tokyo” as an enjoyable successor. Lt. Kenneth Braden, a newly trained Navy “frogman”, is unexpectedly ordered to report to duty, without being able to notify Sally Johnson, his new girl friend that he has taken a seri… Source

Up Periscope Movie Details
Director: Gordon Douglas
Tagline: Warner Brothers' "Maverick" Man! Bigger Than Ever Now and Ready Right Now in his Big-Screen Big-Excitement Technicolor Smash!
Country: USA
Run Time: 112 min
Genre: Action , Drama , War

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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. Written by Martin H. Booda {booda@datasync.co… Source

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