A rusty sub. A rebel commander. A renegade crew. When destiny called, they should have hung up.
Maverick Navy Lieutenant Commander Tom Dodge will never be a textbook officer, but he's a brilliant seaman who's always wanted to command a nuclear submarine — he's been given one last chance to clean up his record. Unfortunately, Admiral Graham, his nemesis, would rather sink the fleet than give Dodge his own boat. So, Graham stacks the deck against him and assigns Dodge to the Stingray, a diesel-powered WW2 submarine that can barely keep afloat. To make matters worse, Dodge's crew is a collection of maladjusted, mistake-prone misfits. Then, he's tagged the "enemy" in a crucial war game, and ordered to take on the U.S. Navy's best.
Comedymutinysubmarineu.s. navymisfitmaverickhijinksnemesisnavy lieutenantcomradeshipnuclear submarinenavy officercomedy of errors
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Classical in form, comic, resolved and effortless.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
- effortlessdemanding
- unpretentiousprestige
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Cast
- Kelsey GrammerLt. Commander Tom Dodge
- Lauren HollyLt. Emily Lake
- Rob SchneiderLt. Marty Pascal
- Harry Dean StantonLt. Howard
- Bruce DernRear Admiral Yancy Graham
- William H. MacyCaptain Knox
- Rip TornAdmiral Winslow
- Ken Hudson CampbellSeaman Buckman
- Toby HussSeaman Nitro
- Duane MartinPlanesman 1st Class Jefferson 'R.J.' Jackson
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- David S. WardDirector
- Eliot WaldScreenplay
- Andrew KurtzmanScreenplay
- Hugh WilsonScreenplay
- Victor HammerDirector of Photography
- Randy EdelmanOriginal Music Composer
- William M. AndersonEditor
- Armen MinasianEditor
- Robert LawrenceProducer
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