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Down Periscope (1996)

Down Periscope (1996)

Comedy

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

Release Date: 1996, March 1
Directors: David S. Ward
Countries: United States of America
Production: 20th Century Fox
Cast: Patton Oswalt, Harry Dean Stanton, William H. Macy, Kelsey Grammer, Bruce Holman, Toby Huss, Bruce Dern, Matt Landers, Duane Martin, Rob Schneider, Jordan Marder, Ken Hudson Campbell

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

submarine u.s. navy hijinks band of misfits mutiny misfit nuclear submarine navy lieutenant comradeship comedy of errors nemesis maverick navy officer navy admiral war games naval command