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…
Up Periscope (1959)
The man they called the 'human torpedo' - the secret underwater marauder who hit like no man hit before!
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 Cast
James Garner
Lt. J. G. Kenneth M. Braden
Edmond O'Brien
Commander Paul Stevenson
Andra Martin
Sally Johnson
Alan Hale Jr.
Lt. Pat Malone
Carleton Carpenter
Lt. Phil Carney
Frank Gifford
Ensign Cy Mount
William Leslie
Lt. Doherty
Richard Bakalyan
Seaman Peck
Edd Byrnes
Pharmacist Mate Ash
Sean Garrison
Seaman Floyd
Henry Kulky
Chief Petty Officer York
Warren Oates
Seaman Kovacs
Clifford Kawada
Japanese (uncredited)
Frank Watkins
Gruber (uncredited)
Peggy Moffitt
Jukebox Girl
Bernie Hamilton
Seaman Weary
Reviews
As a kid, I always loved submarine films. As a weapon of war, they aways provided a great vehicle for an adventure - great atmosphere, murky depths and torpedos that seemed very rarely to hit what they were aimed at! Best of all, though, there was positively no room at sea, on the boat, for any slushy romance!! This film opens with James Garner ("Braden") doing his best impression of the beach scene in "From Here to…
FAQ about Up Periscope
What is Up Periscope about?
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…
When was Up Periscope released?
Up Periscope was released in 1959.
What genres does Up Periscope belong to?
Up Periscope is categorised as War, Adventure, Action.
Who stars in Up Periscope?
The cast of Up Periscope includes James Garner, Edmond O'Brien, Andra Martin, Alan Hale Jr., Carleton Carpenter.