Up Periscope
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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
.
so that he can attempt to capture of the current Japanese communication cypher tables from the radio station there. The skipper originally told Braden that he would have to swim a considerable distance, but upon arrival decides to enter and remain in Lelu Harbor while Braden scales the mountain.
1959 in film
The year 1959 in film involved some significant events, with Ben-Hur winning a record 11 Academy Awards.-Events:* The Three Stooges make their 190th and last short film, Sappy Bull Fighters....
World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
drama starring James Garner
James Garner
James Garner is an American film and television actor, one of the first Hollywood actors to excel in both media. He has starred in several television series spanning a career of more than five decades...
as a Navy frogman
Frogman
A frogman is someone who is trained to scuba diving or swim underwater in a military capacity which can include combat. Such personnel are also known by the more formal names of combat diver or combatant diver or combat swimmer....
fighting the Japanese. The supporting cast includes Edmond O'Brien
Edmond O'Brien
Edmond O'Brien was an American actor who is perhaps best remembered for his role in D.O.A. and his Oscar winning role in The Barefoot Contessa...
, Andra Martin
Andra Martin
Andra Martin is most notable for being the voice of Mama Gromble in AAAHH!!! Real Monsters. She was also James Garner's leading lady in the 1959 movie Up Periscope, and the daughter/secretary on the Perry Mason TV-series episode "The Case of the Prodigal Parent"...
, and Alan Hale, Jr.
Alan Hale, Jr.
Alan Hale, Jr. was an American film and television actor, best known for his role as Skipper on the popular sitcom Gilligan's Island. Hale was the lookalike son of popular supporting film actor Alan Hale, Sr....
. The film was written by Richard H. Landau and Robb White
Robb White
Robb White was a writer of screenplays, television scripts, and adventure novels; most of the latter had a maritime setting — often the Pacific Navy during World War II. White was best known for juvenile fiction, though he has proven popular with adults as well...
from White's novel, produced by Aubrey Schenk, and directed by Gordon Douglas
Gordon Douglas (director)
Gordon Douglas was an American film director, who directed many different genres of films over the course of a five-decade career in motion pictures. He was a native of New York City.-Hal Roach and Our Gang:...
.
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 girlfriend with whom he has taken a serious interest in. Reporting for duty, he is told that 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, and because of the death of a crew member on his last mission) is ordered to bring Braden to KosraeKosrae
Kosrae , formerly known as Kusaie, is an island in Micronesia. The State of Kosrae is one of four states of the Federated States of Micronesia, and includes, besides the island of Kosrae, about a dozen satellite islands and islets, the most significant of which is Lelu Island.-Geography:With a...
so that he can attempt to capture of the current Japanese communication cypher tables from the radio station there. The skipper originally told Braden that he would have to swim a considerable distance, but upon arrival decides to enter and remain in Lelu Harbor while Braden scales the mountain.
Cast
- James GarnerJames GarnerJames Garner is an American film and television actor, one of the first Hollywood actors to excel in both media. He has starred in several television series spanning a career of more than five decades...
... Lt. JG. Kenneth M. Braden - Edmond O'BrienEdmond O'BrienEdmond O'Brien was an American actor who is perhaps best remembered for his role in D.O.A. and his Oscar winning role in The Barefoot Contessa...
... Commander Paul Stevenson - Andra MartinAndra MartinAndra Martin is most notable for being the voice of Mama Gromble in AAAHH!!! Real Monsters. She was also James Garner's leading lady in the 1959 movie Up Periscope, and the daughter/secretary on the Perry Mason TV-series episode "The Case of the Prodigal Parent"...
... Sally Johnson - Alan Hale, Jr.Alan Hale, Jr.Alan Hale, Jr. was an American film and television actor, best known for his role as Skipper on the popular sitcom Gilligan's Island. Hale was the lookalike son of popular supporting film actor Alan Hale, Sr....
... Lt. Pat Malone (billed simply as Alan Hale after his father's death in 1950) - Carleton CarpenterCarleton CarpenterCarleton Carpenter is an American movie/television/stage actor, a magician, author and songwriter....
... Lt. Phil Carney - Frank GiffordFrank GiffordFrancis Newton "Frank" Gifford is a Hall of Fame former American football player and American sportscaster.-Early life:Gifford was born in Santa Monica, California, the son of Lola Mae and Weldon Gifford, an oil driller....
... 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 KulkyHenry KulkyHenry Kulky was an American actor and former professional wrestler from Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, probably best remembered as Chief Petty Officer Curly Jones from season 1 of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea....
... Chief Petty Officer York - Warren OatesWarren OatesWarren Mercer Oates was an American actor best known for his performances in several films directed by Sam Peckinpah including The Wild Bunch and Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia...
... Seaman Kovacs
External links
- James Garner Interview on the Charlie Rose Show
- James Garner interview at Archive of American TelevisionArchive of American TelevisionThe Archive of American Television is a division of the non-profit Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation that films interviews with notable people from all aspects of the television industry....