Danger Beneath the Sea

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Danger Beneath the Sea
Written by Lucian Truscott IV
Directed by Jon Cassar
Starring Casper Van Dien
Gerald McRaney
Tammy Isbell
Dominic Zamprogna
Kim Poirier
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time92 minutes
Original release
ReleaseNovember 29, 2001 (2001-11-29)

Danger Beneath the Sea is a 2001 American made-for-television action film directed by Jon Cassar, and starring Casper Van Dien.

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Plot

This is a nightmare scenario, true for many Cold War submarine veterans. After a North Korean nuclear missile test goes wrong, the American nuclear attack submarine USS Lansing is cut off from communications. Detecting radioactivity in the air and believing the world to be at nuclear war, the executive officer takes command of the ship from the captain and prepares to fire the submarine's nuclear missiles at targets in Russia. Some members of the crew do not believe they are at war and help the captain take back control of the ship. Meanwhile, a second American submarine is sent to hunt down and destroy the Lansing before it can start a real war.

In the end, the captain is successful in regaining control of the vessel and preventing the missile launch. After outmaneuvering the other submarine, the captain surfaces in a Russian harbor and uses a mobile phone (gained from a crewman who brought it on board during a stop-over in Tokyo) to contact an admiral and inform them that the situation is now under control.

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