Movie Cosmos - Gray Lady Down

Description:

The USS Neptune, a nuclear submarine, is sunk off the coast of Connecticut after a collision with a Norwegian cargo ship. The navy must attempt a potentially dangerous rescue in the hope of saving the lives of the crew.

Top Cast >

Charlton Heston

As Captain Paul Blanchard

David Carradine

As Captain Gates

Stacy Keach

As Captain Bennett

Ned Beatty

As Mickey

Stephen McHattie

As Murphy

Ronny Cox

As Commander Samuelson

Dorian Harewood

As Fowler

Rosemary Forsyth

As Vickie Blanchard

Hilly Hicks

As Page

Charles Cioffi

As Admiral Barnes

William Jordan

As Waters

Jack Rader

As Harkness

Antony Ponzini

As Caruso

Michael O'Keefe

As Harris

Charles Robinson

As McAllister

Christopher Reeve

As Phillips

Melendy Britt

As Liz Bennett

Jeffrey Druce

Charles Cyphers

James Davidson

Ted Gehring

Robert Symonds

As Secretary of Navy

David Wilson

As Hanson

Lawrason Driscoll

As Lieutenant Bloome

David Clennon

As USS Neptune Crewmember

John Stuart West

As Submariner

Top Crew >

David Greene

Director

David Lavallee

Novel

Walter Mirisch

Producer

John K. Kean

Sound

Patrick A. Duffy

Second Assistant Director

Mack Bing

First Assistant Director

William W. Gray

Production Manager

Kevin F. Cleary

Sound

Curtis Dickson

Special Effects

Michael Stanislavsky

Second Assistant Director

Peter Berkos

Sound Effects Editor

Jerry Cohen

Music Editor

Lynn Stalmaster

Casting

Lon Bentley

Makeup Artist

Stevan Larner

Director of Photography

Frank P. Rosenberg

Adaptation

Jerry Fielding

Original Music Composer

John M. Dwyer

Set Decoration

James Whittaker

Screenplay

Robert Swink

Editor

William H. Tuntke

Production Design

Howard Sackler

Screenplay

Gregory J. Barnett

Stunts

Reviews:

CinemaSerf (6/10)

Charlton Heston is the Captain of the "USS Neptune", a nuclear submarine returning to port after his final mission in command. Whilst running on the surface they collide with a Norwegian boat with faulty radar and sink deep down into the Atlantic and end up perched precariously on a ledge prone to rockslides. It's now a race against time to rescue the seamen and Stacy Keach ("Capt. Bennett") is drafted in to lead the rescue with the help of "Capt. Gates" (David Carradine) who brings his revolutionary "Snark" DSRV to the scene of the accident. As usual, there are personality clashes a plenty; panic scenarios and temper tantrums as tools to try and develop story tension and suspense - they work well enough with the crew on the sub; much less so with the crew on the surface where the acting is far more of the willy-waving variety. Unlike many of these disaster movies, it's got good gadgets and they help keep it quite realistic.

2023-06-04