Up Periscope | 
| Director: Gordon Douglas
Actors: James Garner, Edmond O'Brien, Andra Martin, Alan Hale Jr., Carleton Carpenter
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  14 reviews
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 112 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: WARD111208D
UPC: 085391112082
EAN: 0085391112082
Theatrical Release Date: 1959
Release Date: December 19, 2006
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Product Description
Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 12/19/2006 Rating: Nr
Amazon.com
Anyone with a fondness for the conventions of the submarine picture will be content with the modest pleasures of Up Periscope, a World War II melodrama starring James Garner in one of his early Maverick-era roles. Pulled away from a week-long romance, Garner tags along with the sub to a Japanese-held island, where he will SCUBA ashore and copy a secret radio code. On top of the reliable suspense of a man alone behind enemy lines, the film also offers captain Edmond O'Brien, whose previous mission has his crew suspecting him of cowardice. Will he cut and run before Garner returns to the submarine? Director Gordon Douglas made a batch of entertaining pictures over the years (a bunch of Sinatra titles, the giant-bug classic Them!, In Like Flint) and he coolly finds some effective ways to photograph men in the close quarters of a sub. The main draw is James Garner in his youthful prime; even if the movie doesn't exploit his comic talent, it shows how effortlessly he connects with an audience. The supporting cast consists of the kind of actors who inevitably seem to people a WWII ship's crew: solid character actors (Alan Hale Jr., who performed similar undersea duties in Destination Tokyo), oddballs and one-offs (Frank Gifford, Edd "Kooky" Byrnes), and future names (Warren Oates). --Robert Horton
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 Up Periscope October 20, 2009
Nancy Palmer (Iowa)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Bought this for our son as it is a movie he really wanted Thanks he really is enjoying it
A great film. March 16, 2009
William Bickley (Colton, CA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is James Garner at his peak. He made this film during a hiatus from Maverick. This is one of the movies I enjoyed as a kid, and now get the opportunity to watch whenever I want. If you like WWII submarine films, this is a must have.
 An Underrated Submarine Film October 4, 2008
Michael Mandaville (California, USA)
Up Periscope is a a World War II film with James Garner. Garner's mission is to infiltrate a Japanese held island to get a secret code book. He's under a lot of pressure and the submarine commander, a tough Edmond O'Brien, is a no nonsense commander. Garner is going in - alone - and unsure whether or not O'Brien is going to wait for him past his deadline. You can see why Garner became a movie star. His dashing good lucks and onscreen presence is strong. In addition, there are a few film stalwarts among the crew such as Alan Hale Jr. and a young Warren Oates.
Up Periscope September 29, 2008
Mario F. Ceballos
Dear Amazon:)
"Up Periscope", was a very good WWII movie in it's true era. The acting and the script show how life was then and the mindset of the movie going audience. So good to see old actors who have long passed on; a very enjoyable war movie and nice color.
Mario C.
 OK June 14, 2007
J. Michael Emerson (Seattle WA)
As an old diesel submarine officer collecting old diesel submarine movies, I enjoyed this one I had missed.
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