Down Periscope
“A rusty sub. A rebel commander. A renegade crew. When destiny called, they should have hung up.”
Maverick Navy Lieutenant Commander Tom Dodge will never be a textbook officer, but he's a brilliant seaman who's always wanted to command a nuclear submarine — he's been given one last chance to clean up his record. Unfortunately, Admiral Graham, his nemesis, would rather sink the fleet than give Dodge his own boat. So, Graham stacks the deck against him and assigns Dodge to the Stingray, a diesel-powered WW2 submarine that can barely keep afloat. To make matters worse, Dodge's crew is a collection of maladjusted, mistake-prone misfits. Then, he's tagged the "enemy" in a crucial war game, and ordered to take on the U.S. Navy's best.
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Cast
44 people
Kelsey Grammer
Lt. Commander Tom Dodge
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Lauren Holly
Lt. Emily Lake
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Rob Schneider
Lt. Marty Pascal
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Harry Dean Stanton
Lt. Howard
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Alien
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Bruce Dern
Rear Admiral Yancy Graham
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William H. Macy
Captain Knox
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Admiral Winslow
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Ken Hudson Campbell
Seaman Buckman
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Armageddon
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Toby Huss
Seaman Nitro
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Dickinson
King of the Hill
Duane Martin
Planesman 1st Class Jefferson 'R.J.' Jackson
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L.A.'s Finest
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Jonathan Penner
Seaman Stanley 'Spots' Sylvesterson
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Bradford Tatum
Engineman 1st Class Brad Stepanak
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David S. Ward Director · Hugh Wilson Screenplay Andrew Kurtzman Screenplay
Worldwide gross $38M · Budget $31M · United States release March 1, 1996
Box office
Budget
$31,000,000
Worldwide gross
$37,553,585
Gross vs. budget
1.2×
Production
20th Century Fox
Production
20th Century Studios
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Germany · March 1, 1996
Theatrical
United States · March 1, 1996
Theatrical
United States · February 3, 2004
Physical · DVD
United States
August 18, 2008 · Digital · Amazon Prime
Australia
May 9, 1996 · Theatrical
Brazil
May 9, 1996 · Theatrical
Czechia
July 4, 1996 · Theatrical
Denmark
February 28, 2006 · Physical · DVD
France
July 24, 1996 · Theatrical
June 15, 2013 · Digital · VOD
February 23, 2021 · Digital · Disney+
Hungary
July 4, 1996 · Theatrical
Spain
May 10, 1996 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
June 28, 1996 · Theatrical
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