Up Periscope
1959 World War II drama directed by Gordon Douglas / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Down Periscope.
For the song of the same name by Drake Bell, see It's Only Time.
Up Periscope is a 1959 World War II submarine film drama directed by Gordon Douglas, produced by Aubrey Schenck and starring James Garner and Edmond O'Brien. The supporting cast features Andra Martin, Alan Hale Jr., Edd Byrnes, Warren Oates and Saundra Edwards. The film was shot and processed in WarnerScope and Technicolor and was distributed by Warner Bros. The screenplay was written by Richard H. Landau and Robb White, adapted from White's novel of the same name.
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Directed by | Gordon Douglas |
Screenplay by | Richard H. Landau |
Based on | Up Periscope 1956 novel by Robb White |
Produced by | Aubrey Schenck Howard W. Koch Edwin F. Zabel |
Starring | James Garner Edmond O'Brien Andra Martin Alan Hale Jr. |
Narrated by | Edmond O'Brien |
Cinematography | Carl E. Guthrie |
Edited by | John F. Schreyer |
Music by | Ray Heindorf |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 112 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $2 million[1] |
Box office | $1.5 million (est. US/ Canada rentals)[2] |
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Garner called the film "another piece of crap that Warner Bros. stuck me in while I was under contract."[3]