During a whaling expedition in the late 1800's, the aging Captain Bering Joy (Lionel Barrymore) and his new first mate, Dan Lunceford (Richard Widmark) engage in a battle of wills concerning the education of the captain's struggling grandson.
Cast
Richard Widmark
Dan Lunceford
Lionel Barrymore
Bering Joy
Dean Stockwell
Jed Joy
Cecil Kellaway
Slush Tubbs
Gene Lockhart
Andrew L. Bush
Berry Kroeger
Manchester
John McIntire
Thatch
Harry Morgan
Britton
Harry Davenport
Benjamin Harris
Paul Harvey
John Briggs
Jay C. Flippen
Luke Sewell
Robert Adler
Crew Member (uncredited)
Jimmy Hawkins
Boy (uncredited)
Crew
Henry Hathaway
Director
Sy Bartlett
Screenplay, Story
John Lee Mahin
Screenplay
Dorothy Spencer
Editor
Joseph MacDonald
Director of Photography
Louis D. Lighton
Producer
Charles LeMaire
Costume Supervisor
Ben Nye
Makeup Artist
W.D. Flick
Sound
Roger Heman Sr.
Sound
Fred Sersen
Special Effects
Ray Kellogg
Special Effects
Alfred Newman
Music
Thomas Little
Set Decoration
Walter M. Scott
Set Decoration
Lyle R. Wheeler
Art Direction
Ben Hayne
Art Direction
Edward B. Powell
Orchestrator
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