
A writer visits an aircraft carrier during the Korean war to learn more about it and the way it's run. He also gets to find out more about the Navy and Marine aviators themselves, their internal and external conflicts and dangers of their job.
Cast

Van Johnson
Lt. Thayer

Walter Pidgeon
Cmdr. Dowling

Louis Calhern
James A. Michener

Dewey Martin
Schecter

Keenan Wynn
Lt. Cmdr. Dodson

Frank Lovejoy
Lt. Cmdr. Grayson

Robert Horton
Ensign Neil Conovan

Bert Freed
Lt. (jg) Andrew Szymanski

Lewis Martin
Comdr. Michael Coughlin

George Cooper
Cyril Roberts

Dick Simmons
Lt. Wayne Kimbrell

Jerry Mathers
Richard Dodson

Steve Rowland
Pilot Johnson
Crew

Andrew Marton
Director
Art Cohn
Screenplay
James Michener
Story
Harry A. Burns
Story
Gene Ruggiero
Editor

George J. Folsey
Director of Photography
Joel Freeman
Assistant Director
Al Jennings
Assistant Director
Henry Berman
Producer

William Tuttle
Makeup Artist

Miklós Rózsa
Original Music Composer
F. Keogh Gleason
Set Decoration

Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration

Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Paul Groesse
Art Direction
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