Gray Lady Down (1977)

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Charlton Heston stars in this riveting drama involving a nuclear submarine and her crew trapped 1,450 feet underwater. When the nuclear sub U.S.S. Neptune collides with a Norwegian freighter, it sinks helplessly onto an unstable ledge above a deep ocean canyon. The one hope for Captain Paul… More Charlton Heston stars in this riveting drama involving a nuclear submarine and her crew trapped 1,450 feet underwater. When the nuclear sub U.S.S. Neptune collides with a Norwegian freighter, it sinks helplessly onto an unstable ledge above a deep ocean canyon. The one hope for Captain Paul Blanchard (Heston) and his crew lies with an experimental submersible piloted by Stacy Keach and Ned Beatty. Now the race against time is on to rescue the trapped sailors as oxygen runs out and the vessel teeters close to destruction in this gripping thriller co-starring David Carradine.

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Rating, Runtime: PG, 1 hr. 51 min.
Directed By: David Greene
Written By: Howard Sackler, James Whittaker
Genres: Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense

In Theaters: Jan 1, 1978 Wide
On DVD: Mar 10, 2000
Studio: MCA Universal Home Video

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Cindy I

I watched this movie about a week before my brother left for Navy basic training. He ended up serving on submarines. Nothing terrible happened to him, but I thought of this film every time the boat went out to sea.

Cast

            Charlton Heston as Capt. Paul Blanchard

            David Carradine as Capt. Gates

            Stacy Keach as Capt. Bennett

            Ned Beatty as Mickey

            Stephen McHattie as Murphy

            Ronny Cox as Cmdr. Samuelson

            Rosemary Forsyth as Vickie

            Hilly Hicks as Page

            Charles Cioffi as Adm. Barnes

            William Bryant
            
            David Clennon
            
            Charles Cyphers
            
            James Davidson
            
            Jeffry Druce
            
            Ted Gehring
            
            Dorian Harewood as Fowler

            William Jordan as Waters

            Michael O'Keefe as Harris

            Antony Ponzini as Caruso

            Jack Rader as Harkness

            Christopher Reeve as Phillips

            Robert Symonds as Secretary of the Navy

            David Wilson as Hanson

            Melendy Britt as Liz

            Charlie Robinson as McAllister
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