Down Periscope is a 1996 comedy film starring Kelsey Grammer as the captain of a rust-bucket Navy submarine, the USS Stingray, who is fighting for his career as he is saddled with a group of misfit seamen.
David S. Ward directed the film. Lauren Holly and Rob Schneider co-star as officers on the sub. Also featured are Harry Dean Stanton, Bruce Dern, William H. Macy and Rip Torn.
The name of the film is a play on the 1959 World War II drama Up Periscope and the film spoofs several titles in the genre of films about submarines including The Hunt for Red October.
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