The Incomparable Mothership #781 August 29, 2025
Up Periscope (1959)

Your Permission to Speak Freely is Rescinded

The Summer of Submarines resurfaces with James Garner going on a secret mission to an enemy island in 1959’s “Up Periscope.” The Skipper is not a skipper, but he’s got some interesting romantic ideas. Some scenes are impressively bad from multiple angles. And we realize that we’re starting to get good at this submarine-movie business, maybe?

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