Down Periscope

– Bumbling Navy lieutenant Tom Dodge has been given one last chance to clean up his record. But Admira..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.10 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 32 Minutes
Release Year:
1996
Down Periscope (1996)

Bumbling Navy lieutenant Tom Dodge has been given one last chance to clean up his record. But Admiral Graham, his nemesis, assigns Dodge to the Stingray, a submarine that can barely keep afloat. To add insult to injury, the Stingray is to be the enemy flagship in the upcoming war games … and to make matters even worse, Dodge's crew is a band of idiots even more incompetent that he is!

Producing Country:
USA
Filming Locations:
Genre:
Editor's Pick for:

Down Periscope (1996) - Trailer

Release Date:

01 Mar 1996

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
PG-13 – Parents Strongly Cautioned

Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. Parents are urged to be cautious. Some material may be inappropriate for pre-teenagers.

Director:

David S. Ward

Writer:

Hugh Wilson (screenplay), Andrew Kurtzman (screenplay), Eliot Wald (screenplay), Hugh Wilson (story)

Main Actors:

Kelsey Grammer, Lauren Holly, Rob Schneider, Harry Dean Stanton

Plot:

Lt. Cmdr. Tom Dodge is assigned as Captain to the USS Stingray, an old diesel driven submarine that has seen better days. With a crew that consists only of weird guys (and a gal), he's headed against the atomic powered USS Orlando, with the mission to destroy a dummy battleship.

Production:

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
12%
Metacritic:
39%