Up Periscope
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| Directed by | Gordon Douglas |
| Produced by | Aubrey Schenck |
| Written by | Richard H. Landau Robb White (novel) |
| Starring | James Garner Edmond O'Brien Andra Martin Alan Hale, Jr. |
| Release date(s) | March 4, 1959 |
| Running time | 112 minutes |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
Up Periscope is a 1959 World War II drama starring James Garner as a Navy frogman fighting the Japanese. The supporting cast includes Edmond O'Brien, Andra Martin, and Alan Hale, Jr.. The film was written by Richard H. Landau and Robb White from White's novel, produced by Aubrey Schenk, and directed by Gordon Douglas. While references were acknowledged to protect the interests of Robert White's novel, the hollywood background is unmistakable: the 1943 Delmer Davies and Steve Fischer movie called Destination Tokyo. That movie starred Cary Grant and James Garfield and featured frequent Errol Flynn sidekick Alan Hale, Sr. (father of "Up Periscope" player Alan Hale, Jr.) as "Cookie" the submarine's cook. The younger Hale appears in "Up Periscope" as a long tenured Ensign who, instead of cleaning up the galley, cleans up all the minor duties not taken by senior officers. From the movies theme music to the general character of the film, "Up Periscope" stands to "Destination Tokyo" as an enjoyable successor.
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[edit] Plot summary
Lt. Kenneth Braden, a newly trained Navy "frogman", is unexpectedly ordered to report to duty, without being able to notify Sally Johnson, his new girl friend that he has taken a serious interest in. Reporting for duty he is told she is an officer of Naval Intelligence and was responsible for a recent confirmation of his character and fitness for duty. Commander Stevenson, under pressure from his crew because of the death of a crew member on his last mission, is ordered to bring Braden into a Japanese harbor inlet so that Braden can attempt the capture of the current Japanese communication cypher tables. The plot becomes: will they make it out alive?
[edit] Between the Two Movies - Watching Our Culture Change
How military characters are portrayed in each movie is a rather remarkable comparison. The open human heart of Destination Tokyo is replaced with the cold hand of military command in Up Periscope. Where sailor's in Destination Tokyo were rewarded with "a clean sweep", the crew in Up Periscope experience the modernist's "uncertain relief from mounting tension".
[edit] Cast
- James Garner ... Lt. JG. Kenneth M. Braden
- Edmond O'Brien ... Commander Paul Stevenson
- Andra Martin ... Sally Johnson
- Alan Hale, Jr. ... Lt. Pat Malone (billed simply as Alan Hale after his father's death in 1950)
- Carleton Carpenter ... Lt. Phil Carney
- Frank Gifford ... Ensign Cy Mount
- William Leslie ... Lt. Doherty
- Richard Bakalyan ... Seaman Peck
- Edd Byrnes ... Pharmacist Mate Ash (billed as Edward Byrnes)
- Sean Garrison ... Seaman Floyd
- Henry Kulky ... Chief Petty Officer York
- Warren Oates ... Seaman Kovacs
[edit] External links
- Up Periscope at the Internet Movie Database
- James Garner Interview on the Charlie Rose Show
- James Garner interview at Archive of American Television
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