Danger Beneath the Sea

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

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.

Cast

 * Casper Van Dien as Commander Miles Sheffield
 * Gerald McRaney as Admiral Eugene Justice
 * Stewart Bick as XO Lt. Commander Albert Kenner
 * Tammy Isbell as Lt. Clare Holliday
 * Ron White as CPO Pete LeCroix
 * Kim Poirier as Lisa Alford
 * Vince Corazza as Lt. Commander Eric Watkins
 * Paul Essiembre as St1 Tony Martinez
 * Dominic Zamprogna as AS Ryan Alford
 * Michael McLachlan as Lt. Sal Lombardi
 * Jim Thorburn as AS Matt Rockwell
 * Justin Peroff as Lt. Howard Lowenstein
 * Joel Gordon as PO3C Terry Peel
 * Shane Daly as Lt. Commander Gary Reynolds
 * Brad Austin as PO1C Ross
 * Russell Yuen as Lt. Neil Ryan
 * Billy Parrott as Radioman Dunkel
 * Toby Proctor as Seaman