Down Periscope 1996

A rusty sub. A rebel commander. A renegade crew. When destiny called, they should have hung up.

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PG-13
Comedy

Maverick Navy Lieutenant Commander Tom Dodge will never be a textbook officer, but he's a brilliant seaman who's always wanted to command a nuclear submarine — he's been given one last chance to clean up his record. Unfortunately, Admiral Graham, his nemesis, would rather sink the fleet than give Dodge his own boat. So, Graham stacks the deck against him and assigns Dodge to the Stingray, a diesel-powered WW2 submarine that can barely keep afloat. To make matters worse, Dodge's crew is a collection of maladjusted, mistake-prone misfits. Then, he's tagged the "enemy" in a crucial war game, and ordered to take on the U.S. Navy's best.

Release Date 1996-03-01
Runtime 1h 32m
Directors Victor Hammer, David S. Ward, Jerry Ballew, Scott Metcalfe, Glenn Randall Jr., Charlie Daboub, Christina Fong
Producers Robert Lawrence, Stanley Wilson, Jack Cummins, Scott Peterson
Writers Eliot Wald, Hugh Wilson, Andrew Kurtzman, Hugh Wilson