Torpedo Alley (film)

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]

Not to be confused with Down Periscope.
Torpedo Alley
Directed byLew Landers
Written byWarren Douglas
Samuel Roeca
Produced byJohn H. Burrows
Lindsley Parsons
StarringMark Stevens
Dorothy Malone
Charles Winninger
CinematographyWilliam A. Sickner
Edited byW. Donn Hayes
Music byEdward J. Kay
Production
company
Lindsley Parsons Picture Corporation
Distributed byAllied Artists Pictures
Release date
December 19, 1952
Running time
84 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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

See also

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


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