
Up Periscope
Up Periscope is a 1959 World War II submarine film drama directed by Gordon Douglas, produced by Aubrey Schenck and starring James Garner and Edmond O'Brien. The supporting cast features Andra Martin, Alan Hale Jr., Edd Byrnes, Warren Oates and Saundra Edwards. The film was shot and processed in WarnerScope and Technicolor and was distributed by Warner Bros. The screenplay was written by Richard H. Landau and Robb White, adapted from White's novel of the same name.
Plot
Lt. Kenneth Braden, a newly trained U.S. Navy frogman, is unexpectedly ordered to report for duty without being able to notify his new girlfriend Sally Johnson. He learns that she is a naval intelligence officer responsible for a recent confirmation of his character and fitness for a special mission.
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author | Richard H. Landau |
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contentLocation | Kiribati |
director | Gordon Douglas |
editor | John F. Schreyer |
events | Pacific War submarine warfare World War II |
genre | drama |
keywords | frogman intelligence officer kosrae naval intelligence pearl harbor radio station u.s. navy wait |
musicBy | Ray Heindorf |
producer | Aubrey Schenck Howard W. Koch |
publisher | Warner Bros. |
theme | submarine war |