"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
as Captain Paul Blanchard
David Carradine
as Captain Gates
Stacy Keach
as Captain Bennett
Ned Beatty
as Mickey
Stephen McHattie
as Murphy
Ronny Cox
as Commander Samuelson
Dorian Harewood
as Fowler
Rosemary Forsyth
as Vickie Blanchard
Hilly Hicks
as Page
Charles Cioffi
as Admiral Barnes
William Jordan
as Waters
Jack Rader
as Harkness
Antony Ponzini
as Caruso
Michael O'Keefe
as Harris
Charles Robinson
as McAllister
Christopher Reeve
as Phillips
Melendy Britt
as Liz Bennett
Jeffrey Druce
as
Charles Cyphers
James Davidson
Ted Gehring
Robert Symonds
as Secretary of Navy
David Wilson
as Hanson
Lawrason Driscoll
as Lieutenant Bloome
David Clennon
as USS Neptune Crewmember
John Stuart West
as Submariner
David Lavallee
Novel
Walter Mirisch
Producer
David Greene
Director
John K. Kean
Sound
Patrick A. Duffy
Second Assistant Director
Mack Bing
First Assistant Director
William W. Gray
Production Manager
Kevin F. Cleary
Curtis Dickson
Special Effects
Michael Stanislavsky
Peter Berkos
Sound Effects Editor
Jerry Cohen
Music Editor
Lynn Stalmaster
Casting
Lon Bentley
Makeup Artist
Stevan Larner
Director of Photography
Frank P. Rosenberg
Adaptation
Jerry Fielding
Original Music Composer
John M. Dwyer
Set Decoration
James Whittaker
Screenplay
Robert Swink
Editor
William H. Tuntke
Production Design
Howard Sackler
Gregory J. Barnett
Stunts