# Movies set on US Navy ships **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 24, 2014, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-set-on-us-navy-ships/689209 "2014-05-24T20:50:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-set-on-us-navy-ships/689209/41 "2014-05-29T14:27:53Z")
Wow. I just caught the first half hour of this made-for-TV flick: [American Warships](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2175927/?ref_=nv_sr_1) , on the SyFy channel. Holy crap… I guess they couldn’t afford a military-technical advisor. (For example, the Captian of the Iowa, played by Mario Van Peebles, didn’t know what sound powered phones were until the spunky young “museum representitive” schools him on them.) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-set-on-us-navy-ships/689209/42 "2014-07-12T04:37:55Z")
_Top Gun Behind Enemy Lines Hot Shots!_ and its sequel _Apocalypse Now Ice Station Zebra 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea The Caine Mutiny PT-109 Act of Valor_ ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-set-on-us-navy-ships/689209/43 "2014-07-12T07:12:15Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > That was the first movie I thought of. I caught it on TV about a year ago and was surprised when they used Mercury Fulminate for a prank. (Fulminated Mercury being part of a much larger…um…‘prank’ in Breaking Bad). They were the Greatest Generation. When they pranked you, you _ **stayed** _ pranked. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-set-on-us-navy-ships/689209/44 "2014-07-12T07:42:38Z")
In Harm’s Way (John Wayne). If you thought U-571 was good, you might also want to check out “In Enemy Hands” starring William H. Macy and Scott Caan. Unfortunately, Scott Caan usually does a real good job. But I thought he was kind of weak in this movie. Not a very good performance, IMHO. > **[In Enemy Hands (2004) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0316824/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_40)** > > In Enemy Hands: Directed by Tony Giglio. With William H. Macy, Til Schweiger, Thomas Kretschmann, Clark Gregg. When American submarine Swordfish is torpedoed the survivors are picked up by a passing German U-boat but an outbreak of meningitis... Oh dear. I’m sorry. I had already posted about some of these movies and forgot that I did that. Please excuse me. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-set-on-us-navy-ships/689209/45 "2014-07-12T07:45:08Z")
> [@Rysto](#): > > It belonged to the US Navy by the end of the movie. 🙂 Yes. That was kind of confusing. But it was a real good movie. Well worth seeing. ETA: I would just like to say that some of the very best war time movies were those that were set on Navy ships. They were real fine films. I especially love movies about submarines. There is nothing like a depth charge attack. That must have shaken the submariners to their core! ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-set-on-us-navy-ships/689209/46 "2014-07-12T08:37:01Z")
[McHale’s Navy](http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=McHale%27s_Navy_%281964_film%29) (1964) starring the cast of the television series. [McHale’s Navy Joins the Air Force](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McHale%27s_Navy_Joins_the_Air_Force) (1965) made without Ernest Borgnine, but with Tim Conway, Joe Flynn, and most of the rest of the TV cast. [McHale’s Navy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McHale%27s_Navy_(1997_film)) (1997) starring Tom Arnold as Lt. Cmdr. Quinton McHale and based on the 1962-1966 TV series. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-set-on-us-navy-ships/689209/47 "2014-07-12T12:36:22Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Quality movie - Up Periscope! > > Guilty pleasure - Down Periscope! Lauren Holly was in Down Periscope and I thought she was just terrific. I always really liked her in any movie in which she performed. What a babe! Very nice lady! ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-set-on-us-navy-ships/689209/48 "2014-07-12T12:38:06Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > A co-worker of mine was serving on the \*USS Nimitz \*at the time that movie was made, and like many of his crewmates, he appeared briefly in a few scenes. He gets to snap to attention when Kirk Douglas enters the room, and someone shouts “Officer on Deck!” > > He says he had one “Big Scene” in which the ship is passing through the time warp, and he was supposed to be writhing around the floor in pain… but that was left on the cutting room floor. > > His name actually is in the credits… misspelled. I have always enjoyed Lauren Holly’s work. She is a fine actress and a good quality screwmate (or is it crewmate?). I like her - especially her body! Nice body. Nice lady! Yum! Yum! Yummy! Yummy! ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-set-on-us-navy-ships/689209/49 "2014-07-12T12:40:02Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > _[Below](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0276816/)_ - set aboard a US sub in WWII. Oh! I think I remember this one. It was about some contagious disease that spread among the crew of a sub, wasn’t it? It was a good movie! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-set-on-us-navy-ships/689209.md?page=2)