Gray Lady Down

1978

Action / Adventure / Drama / History / Thriller

9
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 37% · 8 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 37% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.2/10 10 3856 3.9K

rescue drowning based on novel or book submarine disaster underwater

Plot summary

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.

Director

David Greene Photo
David Greene

Top cast

Michael Cavanaugh Photo
Michael Cavanaugh as Pete
Charles Robinson Photo
Charles Robinson as McAllister
Charles Cioffi Photo
Charles Cioffi as Admiral Barnes
Charles Cyphers Photo
Charles Cyphers
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907.76 MB
1280*544
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 51 min
Seeds 1
1.73 GB
1920*816
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 51 min
Seeds 9

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by ma-cortes 6 / 10

Good disaster movie with spectacular special effects as well as magnificent acting from Heston and Keach

Nice underwater drama film based on a real-life incident about pitting man and machine . It deals with an US Navy atomic submarine (commanded by Charlton Heston on his final voyage and as second in command Ronnie Cox) that has accidentally collided with Norway freighter and goes down into deep . The movie concerns upon an American sub , the complications originated for a nuclear scape and fight against time . But the submarine, and its crew, are ill prepared for the challenges they will face . A two-man rescue operation by means of an experimental driving craft (captained by David Carradine and Ned Beatty) try to find the victims , as many sailors will have to sacrifice themselves to save life of crew members. And a greatest ship based in San Diego California with an expert crew of ¨Submarine Rescue Unity¨ heads the sinking location.Runtime film is overlong , the flick is slow moving and a little boring , though a bit monotonous is quite interesting. Tense and exciting at times and climatic ending , but lot of minutes are superfluous ,it has half hour of excess, however the movie is enough agreeable.The yarn is interesting and based on real deeds as submarine U.S.S. Thresher that sank in 1963 in one of the worst catastrophes at sea. There are suspense ,thriller and action, though the scenario is mostly developed into submarines.Charlton Heston's performance as commandant is excellent, he hands perfectly the role , Heston has gotten the best character along with David Carradine as valiant skipper . Ronny Cox's acting as the contender official is first rate. Facing off between two commanders is top-notch . And large support cast as Stephen McHattie, Dorian Harewood, Charles Cioffi, Rosemary Forsyth and look for Christopher Reeve and Michael O'Keefe .David Greene direction is fine and cinematography is atmospheric and colorful . Jerry Fielding music is spectacular and adjusted to film.The movie will appeal to disaster genre enthusiasts and action lovers . Rating : 6,5 , better than average .
Reviewed by Leofwine_draca 6 / 10

Solid enough

A solid disaster thriller that gets going early on and never loses track of the situation. I find submarine-set films all quite similar and this doesn't really break any new ground, but it has a good ensemble cast - you don't often see David Carradine in this kind of film, for example - and a nice attention to detail that works. Some of the model work is a little dated but that's normal for the 1970s.
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