Up Periscope (1959) | |
| Director(s) | Gordon Douglas |
| Producer(s) | Aubrey Schenck |
| Top Genres | Action, Drama, Film Adaptation, War |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, World War II |
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Up Periscope (1959) was a Action - Drama Film directed by Gordon Douglas and produced by Aubrey Schenck.
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By Rick29 on Apr 2, 2020 From Classic Film & TV CafeThe same night that he proposes marriage to a recent acquaintance, Navy Lieutenant Kenneth Braden (James Garner) is whisked away to conduct a secret mission in the Pacific. Once aboard the submarine Barracuda, Captain Paul Stevenson (Edmund O'Brien) explains that Braden will be dropped off in a lago... Read full article
Up Periscope
By Rick29 on Apr 21, 2018 From Classic Film & TV CafeThe same night that he proposes marriage to a recent acquaintance, Navy Lieutenant Kenneth Braden (James Garner) is whisked away to conduct to a secret mission in the Pacific. Once aboard to the submarine Barracuda, Captain Paul Stevenson (Edmund O'Brien) explains that Braden will dropped off in a ... Read full article
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Lt. j.g. Kenneth M. Braden: Mm-hmm. I wouldn't think of it, sir.
Lt. j.g. Kenneth M. Braden: How come they call you Weary?
Weary: That's my name.
Lt. j.g. Kenneth M. Braden: Nickname?
Weary: No, sir, my real name. I'm the youngest of 13 children. I guess when I was born, my mother couldn't think of another name.
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Warren Oates character, Seaman Kovacs, is constantly eating. You can tell how many takes each scene required by the size of the bites he takes. In some he wolfs the food, in others he just picks at it.
Up Periscope was released in '59 (1959). Many years later a parody of the submarine movie genre would be made both in a year with a reverse of this film's year of release (i.e. in '95 (1995)) and with also a title that reverses this movie's title (i.e. Down Periscope).
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