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Up Periscope (1959) 6.4
In 1942, Navy Lieutenant Kenneth Braden from the underwater demolition team is sent to a Japanese island to photograph secret radio codes. Director:Gordon Douglas |
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| Edmond O'Brien | ... |
Commander Paul Stevenson
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Andra Martin | ... |
Sally Johnson
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Lt. Pat Malone
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Carleton Carpenter | ... |
Lt. Phil Carney
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Ensign Cy Mount
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Richard Bakalyan | ... |
Seaman Peck
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Pharmacist Mate Ash
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Lieutenant Braden discovers that Sally, the woman he's been falling in love with, has actually been checking out his qualifications to be a U.S. Navy frogman. He must put his personal life behind him after being assigned to be smuggled into a Japanese-held island via submarine to photograph radio codes. Written by Martin H. Booda <booda@datasync.com>
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The man they called the 'human torpedo' - the secret underwater marauder who hit like no man hit before! See more »Parents Guide:
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Lt. j.g. Kenneth M. Braden: Mm-hmm. I wouldn't think of it, sir.
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(uncredited)
Music by Saul Chaplin
Played when Braden and Sally are lying on the beach and often in the score
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The "Japanese" aircraft that attacks the submarine is a North American T-28 Trojan that did not enter service until the early 1960s. See more »Quotes
Commander Paul Stevenson: Oh, uh, one more thing, Mr. Braden, you don't get captured.Lt. j.g. Kenneth M. Braden: Mm-hmm. I wouldn't think of it, sir.
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Please Be Kind(uncredited)
Music by Saul Chaplin
Played when Braden and Sally are lying on the beach and often in the score
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Up Periscope is the kind of World War II film that was more common actually during the World War II years. It involves a really incredible mission that Navy Lieutenant James Garner is on. At least the Japanese weren't portrayed as these bucktoothed apes.
The film is really a vehicle for Warner Brothers to showcase a pair of their television stars, Garner and Edd Byrnes from 77 Sunset Strip. Byrnes has a small role as a pharmacist's mate on a submarine. Having a much larger part would be Alan Hale, Jr. as the amorous ensign whose love life is interrupted by Garner's mission.
In fact the whole crew of Captain Edmond O'Brien's submarine gets their leave shortened for Garner. He's been specially vetted for this assignment having as qualifications frogman training and speaking fluent Japanese.
Garner's to be landed on an out of the way Japanese held island, he's to swim ashore while the submarine waits for him for a specific time. He's to photograph the Japanese naval code book and sneak out of there without them knowing it.
This one absolutely has me reeling. Garner because he would kind of stand out among all those Oriental faces no matter how fluent his Japanese was. Wouldn't you think the navy would get a Nisei type for this mission? And if not that, a Chinese person might do nicely.
Because Garner's white, he has to spend a considerable amount of time in hiding in the jungle and do his mission at night.
In point of fact the USA had broken the Japanese code. But that was done in Washington and Pearl Harbor by some hardworking cryptologists, not Garner doing a spying job.
This was the kind of stuff that the public was fed in 1943, but by 1959 it simply wasn't believed. I sure couldn't believe it in 2008.