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