Corvette K-225

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

Howard Hawks Producer Tony Gaudio Director of Photography Richard Rosson Director