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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 submarine film is a subgenre of war film in which most of the plot revolves around a submarine below the ocean's surface. Films of this subgenre typically focus on a small but determined crew of submariners battling against enemy submarines or submarine-hunter ships, or against other problems ranging from disputes amongst the crew, threats ...
Martin's film debut came in Street of Sinners (1957). [6] The Lady Takes a Flyer (1958) was the first film in which she was billed as Andra Martin. [7]Martin was James Garner's leading lady in the 1959 film Up Periscope, and the daughter/secretary on the Perry Mason TV-series episode "The Case of the Prodigal Parent."
The name of the film is a play on the title of the 1959 World War II drama Up Periscope and spoofs several titles in the submarine film subgenre, including the Cold War drama The Hunt for Red October. [3] Down Periscope began shooting on May 6, 1995, and finished on July 27. [4]
This was one of three theatrical films produced with Garner as leading man during the period in which he was still playing the lead in the Warner Bros. television series Maverick (the other two were Darby's Rangers and Up Periscope). Garner subsequently left the studio upon winning a contentious lawsuit and continued his movie career.
56 years ago today on Oct. 21, 1959, the Guggenheim Museum sparked the curiosity of millions when its abstract design popped up on New York City's elite Fifth Avenue.
The Charge at Feather River is a 1953 American Western film directed by Gordon Douglas.It was originally released in 3D with many arrows, lances, and other weapons flying directly at the audience in several scenes.
The poster's original owner, now 83, was 19 when he ran into Buddy Holly in the bathroom at the Green Bay show. "That was kind of neat," he said.