A British naval officer has a brief affair with a woman in England and never knows that she bears him a son. 20 years later the boy is on a ship under his command when he is tracking a German Raider. When the boy is captured after his ship is sunk, he finds a way to slow the German's progress while a lethal hunt for him goes on.
Cast
Jeffrey Hunter
Signalman Andrew 'Canada' Brown
Michael Rennie
Lt. Richard Saville
Wendy Hiller
Lucinda Bentley
Bernard Lee
Petty Officer 'Stokes' Wheatley
Victor Maddern
Signalman Willy Earnshaw
John Horsley
Commander John Willis
Patrick Barr
Captain Tom Ashley, HMS Amesbury
Robin Bailey
Lieutenant John Stafford, HMS Stratford
James Drake
Navigator (uncredited)
Crew
Roy Boulting
Director
Valentine Davies
Writer
C. S. Forester
Novel
Alan Osbiston
Editor
Gilbert Taylor
Director of Photography
Frank McCarthy
Producer
Buster Ambler
Sound Recordist
Red Law
Sound Recordist
Ken Ritchie
Boom Operator
Clifton Parker
Original Music Composer
Muir Mathieson
Music Director
Reg Pope
Clapper Loader
Alex Vetchinsky
Art Direction
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