Action / Adventure / Crime / Mystery / Thriller /

Score: 62.6%( 38 votes )

Overview: 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.

Cast:

Gary Cooper
Gideon Patch

Charlton Heston
John Sands

Michael Redgrave
Mr. Nyland

Virginia McKenna
Janet Taggart

Richard Harris
Higgins

Emlyn Williams
Sir Wilfred Falcett

Alexander Knox
Petrie

Cecil Parker
Inquiry Chairman

Ben Wright
Mike Duncan

Peter Illing
Gunderson

John Le Mesurier
Attorney

Noel Drayton
Charlie Bell

John Dearth
Reporter

Paul Bryar
Port Official (uncredited)

Albert Carrier
Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)

Louis Mercier
Commander of Police (uncredited)

Ron Nyman
Seaman (uncredited)

Lomax Study
Photographer (uncredited)