Corvette K-225

Vernon Downing as Officer John Elliott as Merchant Captain Rex Lease as Coxswain Edmund MacDonald as Lt. LeBlanc Barry Fitzgerald as Stooky Murray Alper as Jones John Frederick as First Officer Jack Mylong-Münz as Submarine Commander Gene O'Donnell as Wardroom Steward John Whitney as Quartermaster Charles McGraw as Chief Engineer Lester Matthews as British Captain Paul Bryar as Stoker Richard Crane as Leading Torpedo Man Ian Wolfe as Paymaster Commander David Bruce as Lt. Rawlins Frank Faylen as Shipyard Painter Arthur Stuart Hull as Civilian Jack Luden as Merchant Marine Officer Freddie Steele as Quartermaster James Flavin as 1st Lt. Bill Gardner William Forrest as Commander Manning (uncredited), Commander Manning Martin Ashe as RAF Officer Matt Willis as Roger Ella Raines as Joyce Cartwright Fuzzy Knight as Cricket Richard Lane as Vice Admiral Charles Cane as Workman Jack Mulhall as Officer George O'Hanlon as RCAL Wireless Operator John James as Signalman Thomas Gomez as Smithy Oliver Blake as Cook Jimmie Dodd as Steward Morton Lowry as British Lieutenant Andy Devine as Walsh Jimmy Butler as Rating Nelson Leigh as Naval Officer Randolph Scott as Lt. Cm. McClain Noah Beery Jr. as Stone Charles Sherlock as First Mate Peter Lawford as Naval Officer Frank Mayo as Captain of Merchant Ship Anthony Marsh as RAF Officer Oscar O'Shea as Capt. Smith Addison Richards as Cmdr. Rowland Robert Mitchum as Sheppard Frank Coghlan Jr. as Rating Grandon Rhodes as Lieutenant Milburn Stone as Canadian Captain Hooper Atchley as Civilian Walter Sande as Evans Eddie Dew as Crewman Holmes Herbert as Commodore Ramsay James Brown as Lt. Paul Cartwright Cliff Robertson as Lookout

Richard Rosson Director Howard Hawks Producer Tony Gaudio Director of Photography