Gray Lady Down
Trapped underwater... with time running out.
1978 | 111m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | David Greene |
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| Writer: | David Lavallee, Frank P. Rosenberg, James Whittaker, Howard Sackler |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Mar 10, 1978 |
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| Director: | David Greene |
| Writer: | David Lavallee, Frank P. Rosenberg, James Whittaker, Howard Sackler |
| Genres: | Action, Drama, Thriller |
| Keywords | submarine, drowning, based on novel or book, rescue, disaster, underwater, disaster movie, collision |
| Production Companies | Universal Pictures, The Mirisch Company |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $5,438,927
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Charlton Heston | Captain Paul Blanchard |
| David Carradine | Captain Gates |
| Stacy Keach | Captain Bennett |
| Ned Beatty | Mickey |
| Stephen McHattie | Murphy |
| Ronny Cox | Commander Samuelson |
| Dorian Harewood | Fowler |
| Rosemary Forsyth | Vickie Blanchard |
| Hilly Hicks | Page |
| Charles Cioffi | Admiral Barnes |
| William Jordan | Waters |
| Jack Rader | Harkness |
| Antony Ponzini | Caruso |
| Michael O'Keefe | Harris |
| Charles Robinson | McAllister |
| Christopher Reeve | Phillips |
| Melendy Britt | Liz Bennett |
| Jeffrey Druce | |
| Charles Cyphers | |
| James Davidson | |
| Ted Gehring | |
| Robert Symonds | Secretary of Navy |
| David Wilson | Hanson |
| Lawrason Driscoll | Lieutenant Bloome |
| David Clennon | USS Neptune Crewmember |
| John Stuart West | Submariner |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| John K. Kean | Sound |
| Kevin F. Cleary | Sound |
| Peter Berkos | Sound Effects Editor |
| Jerry Cohen | Music Editor |
| William W. Gray | Production Manager |
| Mack Bing | First Assistant Director |
| Patrick A. Duffy | Second Assistant Director |
| Michael Stanislavsky | Second Assistant Director |
| Curtis Dickson | Special Effects |
| David Lavallee | Novel |
| Frank P. Rosenberg | Adaptation |
| James Whittaker | Screenplay |
| Howard Sackler | Screenplay |
| Jerry Fielding | Original Music Composer |
| Robert Swink | Editor |
| William H. Tuntke | Production Design |
| John M. Dwyer | Set Decoration |
| Lon Bentley | Makeup Artist |
| David Greene | Director |
| Stevan Larner | Director of Photography |
| Lynn Stalmaster | Casting |
| Gregory J. Barnett | Stunts |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Walter Mirisch | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 8 |
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| 2024 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 7 |
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| 2025 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
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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 r ... ockslides. 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.