
Cast
Robert Taylor (Lieut. Gregg Masterman)Brian Donlevy (Lieut. Comdr. Martin J. Roberts)Charles Laughton (Rear Admiral Stephen Thomas)Walter Brennan (Chief Yeoman Henry Johnson)Marilyn Maxwell (Audrey Carr)Henry O'Neill (Comdr. Stone, M.C.)Marta Linden (Mary Collins)Chill Wills (Chief Boatswain's Mate Jenks)Douglass Dumbrille (Captain Ludlow)Richard Quine (Ensign Lindsay)William Tannen (Flag Lieut. Dudley)Douglas Fowley (Ensign Martin)Tim Ryan (Lieut. Tim Ryan)Dick Simmons (Lieut. (j.g.) Royce)Byron Foulger (Pharmacist's Mate 'Doc' Miller)Hobart Cavanaugh (Carpenter's Mate 'Chips')Inez Cooper (Susan Garrison)Ben Welden (Chief Quartermaster Rankin)
Director
Robert Z. Leonard
Synopsis
During WW2, two Navy officers take command of an obsolete, World War I-vintage, destroyer that is assigned to convoy-escort duty in the Japanese-controlled waters of the South Pacific.