Gray Lady Down

1978Movie⏱️ 1h 51mPG

AdventureDramaHistoryThriller

⭐ 6.2

IMDB Rating

3,854 votes

A Navy Captain uses his experimental Snark to reach a nuclear submarine stuck on an ocean ledge.

Director

David Greene

Writers

David Lavallee, James Whittaker, Howard Sackler

Stars

Charlton Heston, David Carradine, Stacy Keach

Language

English, Norwegian

Country

United States

💬 37

Reviews

📋 3.3K

Watchlists

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🎭 Top Cast

Charlton Heston

as Capt. Paul Blanchard

David Carradine

as Capt. Gates

Stacy Keach

as Capt. Bennett

Ned Beatty

as Mickey

Stephen McHattie

as Danny Murphy

Ronny Cox

as Cmdr. David Samuelson

Dorian Harewood

as Fowler

Rosemary Forsyth

as Vickie Blanchard

Hilly Hicks

as Page

Charles Cioffi

as Admiral Barnes

💰 Box Office

$5,438,927

Worldwide Gross

$5,438,927

Domestic Gross

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio

2.35 : 1

Color

Filming Location

Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Production

The Mirisch Corporation, Universal Pictures

🏷️ Keywords

underwater sceneself sacrificedisaster dramanuclear submarinesubmarine

🎯 Categories

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⭐ Featured Review

Don't listen to anti-military wannabe Gene Siskels

by dscout • 2006-10-15

7/10

"This is a great movie for military enthusiasts and disaster buffs both. If you're looking for that, this is a classic. Don't pay attention to reviews about military-based films by anyone who derides the movie as a "waterlogged Naval documentary," which contains two errors in one statement. First, there is no need to capitalize "naval," and second, what kind of snobby theater twit attacks a movie for being too "Naval" when the subject is about...a U.S. NAVY SUBMARINE? Next he'll attack Ghostbusters for being a shill for paranormal investigators. St..."