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''Gray Lady Down'' is a 1978 DisasterMovie directed by David Greene and starring Creator/CharltonHeston, Creator/DavidCarradine, and Creator/StacyKeach, with Creator/NedBeatty, Creator/RonnyCox, Creator/StephenMcHattie, and Rosemary Forsyth in supporting roles. Creator/MichaelOKeefe and Creator/ChristopherReeve, both in their film debuts, have small roles.

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''Gray Lady Down'' is a 1978 DisasterMovie directed by David Greene and starring Creator/CharltonHeston, Creator/DavidCarradine, and Creator/StacyKeach, with Creator/NedBeatty, Creator/RonnyCox, Creator/StephenMcHattie, and Rosemary Forsyth Creator/RosemaryForsyth in supporting roles. Creator/MichaelOKeefe and Creator/ChristopherReeve, both in their film debuts, have small roles.
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Heston is Captain Paul Blanchard, the commander of USS ''Neptune'', a nuclear-powered Navy submarine, who's on his final mission before being promoted to squadron commander.

While surfaced and returning to base in a heavy fog, ''Neptune'' picks up another ship on her radar off in the distance, on what would be a collision course. The ship, a Swedish freighter with a number of equipment failures, has no idea that ''Neptune'' is in her path and is quite likely violating the rules for traveling on the open ocean. As the freighter comes too close, the watch officer orders the collision alarm to be sounded. The freighter operator then makes a mistake, turning his ship even more steeply into ''Neptune'', resulting in a collision. The submarine sinks, landing below her rated crush depth on a ledge near a steep trench.

Captain Bennett (Keach), a rescue force commander, gets a call at home announcing that a submarine has been rammed, resulting in her sinking with survivors possibly trapped inside ([[TitleDrop "Gray Lady Down"]]). He calls up every resource he can get his hands on, including having a DSRV (Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle, a rescue minisub) brought in, and an experimental utility minisub called the ''Snark'', whose captain, Gates (Carradine), has his own ideas about how his boat is to be operated.

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Heston is Captain Paul Blanchard, the commander of the nuclear-powered US Navy submarine USS ''Neptune'', a nuclear-powered Navy submarine, who's who is on his final mission before being promoted to squadron commander.

While surfaced and returning to base in a heavy fog, ''Neptune'' picks up another ship on her radar off in the distance, on what would be a collision course. The ship, a Swedish freighter with a number of equipment failures, has no idea that ''Neptune'' is in her path and is quite likely violating the rules for traveling on the open ocean. As the freighter comes too close, the watch officer orders the collision alarm to be sounded. The freighter operator then makes a mistake, turning mistake and turns his ship even more steeply sharply into ''Neptune'', resulting in a collision. The submarine sinks, landing below her rated crush depth on a ledge near a steep trench.

Captain Hal Bennett (Keach), a rescue force commander, gets a call at home announcing that a submarine has been rammed, resulting in her sinking with survivors possibly trapped inside ([[TitleDrop "Gray Lady Down"]]). He calls up every resource he can get his hands on, including having a DSRV (Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle, a rescue minisub) brought in, and an experimental utility minisub called the ''Snark'', whose captain, Gates (Carradine), has his own ideas about how his boat is to be operated.
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''Gray Lady Down'' is a 1978 DisasterMovie directed by David Greene and starring Creator/CharltonHeston, Creator/DavidCarradine, and Creator/StacyKeach, with Creator/NedBeatty, Creator/RonnyCox, Stephen [=McHattie=], and Rosemary Forsyth in supporting roles. Creator/ChristopherReeve has a small role in his film debut.

Heston is Captain Paul Blanchard, the commander of USS ''Neptune'', a nuclear-powered U.S. Navy submarine, who's on his last trip before being promoted to squadron commander.

While surfaced and returning to base, ''Neptune'' picks up another ship on her radar off in the distance, on what would be a collision course. The ship, a Swedish freighter with a number of equipment failures, has no idea that ''Neptune'' is in their path and is quite likely violating the rules for traveling on the open sea. As the freighter gets too close, the watch officer orders that the collision alarm be sounded. The freighter operator then makes a mistake and turns the ship even more steeply into ''Neptune'', resulting in a collision. The submarine sinks, landing below her rated crush depth on a ledge near a steep trench.

Captain Bennett (Creator/StacyKeach), a rescue force commander, gets a call at home announcing that a submarine has been rammed, resulting in her sinking with survivors possibly trapped inside ([[TitleDrop "Gray Lady Down"]]). He calls up every resource he can get his hands on, including having a DSRV (Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle, a rescue minisub) brought in, and an experimental utility minisub called The ''Snark'', whose captain, Gates (Creator/DavidCarradine) has his own ideas about how his boat is to be operated.

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''Gray Lady Down'' is a 1978 DisasterMovie directed by David Greene and starring Creator/CharltonHeston, Creator/DavidCarradine, and Creator/StacyKeach, with Creator/NedBeatty, Creator/RonnyCox, Stephen [=McHattie=], Creator/StephenMcHattie, and Rosemary Forsyth in supporting roles. Creator/ChristopherReeve has a Creator/MichaelOKeefe and Creator/ChristopherReeve, both in their film debuts, have small role in his film debut.

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Heston is Captain Paul Blanchard, the commander of USS ''Neptune'', a nuclear-powered U.S. Navy submarine, who's on his last trip final mission before being promoted to squadron commander.

While surfaced and returning to base, base in a heavy fog, ''Neptune'' picks up another ship on her radar off in the distance, on what would be a collision course. The ship, a Swedish freighter with a number of equipment failures, has no idea that ''Neptune'' is in their her path and is quite likely violating the rules for traveling on the open sea. ocean. As the freighter gets comes too close, the watch officer orders that the collision alarm to be sounded. The freighter operator then makes a mistake and turns the mistake, turning his ship even more steeply into ''Neptune'', resulting in a collision. The submarine sinks, landing below her rated crush depth on a ledge near a steep trench.

Captain Bennett (Creator/StacyKeach), (Keach), a rescue force commander, gets a call at home announcing that a submarine has been rammed, resulting in her sinking with survivors possibly trapped inside ([[TitleDrop "Gray Lady Down"]]). He calls up every resource he can get his hands on, including having a DSRV (Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle, a rescue minisub) brought in, and an experimental utility minisub called The the ''Snark'', whose captain, Gates (Creator/DavidCarradine) (Carradine), has his own ideas about how his boat is to be operated.

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