Torpedo Alley (film)

Not to be confused with Down Periscope.

Torpedo Alley
Directed by	Lew Landers
Written by	Warren Douglas Samuel Roeca
Produced by	John H. Burrows Lindsley Parsons
Starring	Mark Stevens Dorothy Malone Charles Winninger
Cinematography	William A. Sickner
Edited by	W. Donn Hayes
Music by	Edward J. Kay
Production company	Lindsley Parsons Picture Corporation
Distributed by	Allied Artists Pictures
Release date	December 19, 1952 (1952-12-19)
Running time	84 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Torpedo Alley, also known as Down Periscope, is a 1952 American war film directed by Lew Landers and starring Mark Stevens, Dorothy Malone and Charles Winninger. It depicts a US Navy pilot rescued at sea by submarine before applying for submarine duty.^[1]

Plot

When an American transport plane crashed, only the pilot, Lieutenant Bob Bingham, survived. Now he is drifting out to sea as a “shipwrecked man”. Fortunately for him, he is fished up by the crew of a submarine. Bingham's concern that he might be guilty of the deaths of his two comrades does not leave him in peace. After a while he decided to start a new professional life in the Navy. His goal is to become the commander of a submarine. At the training area he meets Commander Heywood and First Engineer Gates again, who saved him on the high seas. Bingham soon became friends with the nurse Susan Peabody.

In June 1950 the Korean War breaks out. In this, the United States supports the troops of South Korea. Heywood and Gates take command of a submarine. The crew also includes Bingham and his new friend Graham. As part of a special task force, Bingham and Gates are assigned to blow up a bridge. In the process of execution, two men are killed; Gates and Bingham are badly wounded. But the strategically important bridge could be destroyed.

Susan is a nurse on the hospital ship that recovered the two injured. Bingham realizes that she is very concerned about his health. Now he is convinced that not only does he love her, but she also loves him.

Cast

• Mark Stevens as Lt. Bob Bingham
• Dorothy Malone as Lt. Susan Peabody
• Charles Winninger as Oliver J. Peabody
• Bill Williams as Lt. Tom Graham
• Douglas Kennedy as Lt. Dora Gates
• James Millican as Cmdr. Heywood
• William Henry as Instructor
• James Seay as Skipper
• Bob Rose as Anniston
• John Alvin as Professor
• Carleton Young as Psychiatrist
• Ralph Sanford as Charles Hedley
• Jean Willes as Peggy Moran
• William Boyett as Submariner (uncredited)

See also

• Submarine films

References

1. "Torpedo Alley". AFI. Retrieved 4 March 2015.

External links

• Torpedo Alley at IMDb