A disgraced merchant marine officer elects to stay aboard his sinking cargo ship in order to prove the vessel was deliberately scuttled and, as a result, vindicate his good name.

• Blaustein-Baroda
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios
• Gary Cooper
• Charlton Heston
• Michael Redgrave
• Virginia McKenna
• Richard Harris
• Emlyn Williams
• Alexander Knox
• Cecil Parker