Corvette K-225

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

Howard Hawks Producer Tony Gaudio Director of Photography Richard Rosson Director