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Up Periscope (1959)

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Release Date: Mar 4, 1959 Wide

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Lt. (jg) Ken Braden (James Garner) is a US Navy frogman and underwater demolitions expert who is assigned to a vital mission, and to a submarine captained by Commander Stevenson Edmond O'Brien. But Stevenson is a CO who may have seen too many men die -- the two immediately come into conflict over Braden's presence on the boat and his mission, a top secret foray into Japanese waters that jeopardizes the boat. The captain, in his strict adherence to regulations, makes it as difficult as possible

Unrated, 1 hr. 51 min.

Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense, Classics

Directed By: Gordon Douglas

Written By: Richard H. Landau

In Theaters: Mar 4, 1959 Wide

On DVD: Dec 19, 2006

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Standard B movie directed with care by the always reliable Gordon Douglas.

May 29, 2011 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

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...strangely uninvolving throughout its 111 minutes.

January 24, 2007 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews

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David Nusair

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A great WWII Submarine War film, showing lots of real footage. Lots of old school actors in this one. James Gardner is on a secret mission on a submarine where he's smuggled into an area of a Japanese island to find a transmitter and a secret code. The subs crew just came from a mission where a jr sailor was killed,

June 20, 2011