A naval officer is demoted for negligence and put in command of a run-down submarine chaser with a motley crew.
Cast
Richard Greene
Perry Townsend III
Nancy Kelly
Susan Leeds
Preston Foster
Lt. (j.g.) John C. Drake
George Bancroft
Capt. Leeds
Slim Summerville
Ellsworth 'Spuds' Fickett, cook
J. Farrell MacDonald
CWO 'Sails' Quincannon
Warren Hymer
Seaman Rocky Haggerty
Douglas Fowley
Seaman Pinky Brett
Dick Hogan
Seaman Johnny Miller
Elisha Cook Jr.
Seaman Rutherford Davis Pratt, aka 'The Professor'
George E. Stone
Seaman Irving Goldfarb
John Carradine
McAllison
Ward Bond
Seaman Olaf Swanson
Moroni Olsen
The Fleet Captain
Charles Trowbridge
RAdm. Joseph Maitland
Maxie Rosenbloom
Marine Sentry Sgt. Joe Duffy
Joan Valerie
Anne
Henry Armetta
Luigi
Jack Pennick
Bos'un 'Guns' McPeek
Robert Lowery
Sparks, radioman
Harry Strang
Seaman Grainger
Victor Varconi
Italian Naval Chaplain Vanzano
Russ Clark
Undetermined Part (script name, Anderson)
Charles Tannen
Undetermined Part (script name, Kelly)
Ernie Alexander
Warship Sailor
Murray Alper
Orderly in Maitland's Office
Lon Chaney Jr.
Marine Sentry
Dorothy Christy
McPeek's Girl
E. E. Clive
Unknown
Ray Cooke
Warship Sailor
Alan Davis
Maitland's Secretary-Lieutenant
Duke Green
Warship Sailor
Fred Malatesta
Italian Gendarme at the 'Maria Ann'
Frank Moran
Waiter at Dive
Manuel París
Italian Gendarme at the 'Maria Ann'
Ferdinand Schumann-Heink
German Officer
Dick Wessel
Dock Shore Patrolman (facing camera)
Max Wagner
Marine Corporal (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook
Sailor (uncredited)
Hans Schwimmer
Minor Role (uncredited)
S. East
Minor Role (uncredited)
George Bruggeman
Sailor (uncredited)
Crew
John Ford
Director
Darrell Ware
Writer
Rian James
Writer
Jack Yellen
Writer
Ray Millholland
Novel
Robert L. Simpson
Editor
Arthur C. Miller
Director of Photography
Darryl F. Zanuck
Producer
Gwen Wakeling
Costume Design
Arthur Lange
Original Music Composer
Charles Maxwell
Original Music Composer
Thomas Little
Set Decoration
Hans Peters
Art Direction
William S. Darling
Art Direction
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