Title: Gray Lady Down
Runtime: 111 Min
Year: 1978
Genres: Drama - Thriller
Cast: Charlton Heston, David Carradine, Stacy Keach, Ned Beatty, Stephen McHattie, Ronny Cox, Christopher Reeve, Dorian Harewood, Rosemary Forsyth, Hilly Hicks, Charles Cioffi, William Jordan, Jack Rader, Antony Ponzini, Michael O'Keefe, Charles Robinson, Melendy Britt, Lawrason Driscoll
Directed By: David Greene
PLOT
An aging, respected commander Paul Blanchard, played by Charlton Heston, is on his final submarine tour before promotion to command of a submarine squadron (COMSUBRON). Surfaced and returning to port, the submarine USS Neptune, is struck by a freighter in heavy fog, and sinks to a depth of 1,450 feet (442 meters) on a canyon ledge above the ocean floor. A United States Navy rescue force, commanded by Captain Bennett (Stacy Keach), arrives on the scene, but Neptune is subsequently rolled by a landslide to a greater angle that does not allow the Navy's Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle (DSRV) rescue submarine to complete its work. A small experimental submersible, Snark, is brought in to assist with the rescue. Snark is very capable, but run by a nonconformist U.S. Navy officer misfit, Captain Gates (David Carradine). The tiny submersible is the only hope for a rescue.
Country: U.S.A.
Language: English - Norwegian
Writers: (novel "Event 1000") David Lavallee - (screenplay) James Whittaker & Howard Sackler - (adaptation) Frank P. Rosenberg
IMDB Rating: 6.0
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 41%
Parental Advisory Certification: Iceland:L / Singapore:PG / France:Unrated / Netherlands:12 / Australia:PG / UK:A (original rating) / UK:PG (tv rating) / Finland:K-16 / Norway:16 / Sweden:15 / UK:PG (video rating) (1987) (2008) / USA:PG / West Germany:12
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