
The Perfect Storm(2000)
In October 1991, a confluence of weather conditions combined to form a killer storm in the North Atlantic. Caught in the storm was the sword-fishing boat Andrea Gail.


“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.

Charlton Heston
Captain Paul Blanchard

David Carradine
Captain Gates

Stacy Keach
Captain Bennett

Ned Beatty
Mickey

Stephen McHattie
Murphy

Ronny Cox
Commander Samuelson

Dorian Harewood
Fowler

Rosemary Forsyth
Vickie Blanchard

Hilly Hicks
Page

Charles Cioffi
Admiral Barnes
Gray Lady Down is a thriller, drama, action film released in 1978 exploring themes of rescue, drowning, based on novel or book, submarine, disaster, underwater. Directed by David Greene, it stars Charlton Heston, David Carradine, Stacy Keach. 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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