Overview
Set in 1931, the film takes place aboard a merchant ship, briefly harboured in South America. A young woman (Diane Cilento) boards the ship as a passenger, resulting in disharmony among the superstitious crew members. Virtuous seaman Anthony Steel protects the girl from the lecherous advances of captain Peter Finch.
Cast
- Anthony Steel as Vosper 2. Offizier
- Peter Finch as Kapitän John Ryland "Lucky"
- Diane Cilento as Ruth Elton
- Cyril Cusack as Bohannon der Steward
- Geoffrey Keen as Ernie der Bootsmann
- Hugh Griffith as Pettigrew der Chefingenieur
- Duncan Lamont as Llewellyn 1. Offizier
- Gordon Jackson as Ted Burns
- Patrick McGoohan as Martin McIsaacs
- Bryan Forbes as Shorty