

Gray Lady Down
Trapped underwater... with time running out.
The USS Neptune, a nuclear submarine, is sunk off the coast of Connecticut after a collision with a Norwegian cargo ship. The navy must attempt a potentially dangerous rescue in the hope of saving the lives of the crew.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- —
- Box office
- $5.4M
- Language
- Hungarian
- rescue
- drowning
- based on novel or book
- submarine
- disaster
- underwater
- disaster movie
- collision
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalPG10 Mar 1978
BrazilBR
- Theatrical101 Jan 1979
FranceFR
- Theatrical21 Mar 1978
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1227 Apr 1978
PortugalPT
- Theatricale 102 Jan 1979
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Gray Lady Down was released on 10 March 1978.
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2- C6/10
CinemaSerf
6/4/2023
Charlton Heston is the Captain of the "USS Neptune", a nuclear submarine returning to port after his final mission in command. Whilst running on the surface they collide with a Norwegian boat with faulty radar and sink deep down into the Atlantic and end up perched precariously on a ledge prone to rockslides. It's now a race against time to rescue the seamen and Stacy Keach ("Capt. Bennett") is drafted in to lead the…
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Sierbahnn
6/14/2026
Disaster, thy name is Neptune. There were a lot of really good disaster movies in the seventies, and this is just a logical extension of that trend. A submarine gets trapped far beneath the waves and desperate attempts are made to rescue them. The casting is, of course, absolutely star packed, with minor characters being played by some of the best stars in the business. The main cast is just breathtaking. The movie …
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