Cast
- Alec Guinness as Captain Crawford
- Dirk Bogarde as Lieutenant Scott-Padget
- Anthony Quayle as Vizard
- Maurice Denham as Mr. Goss (Ship's Surgeon)
- Nigel Stock as Senior Midshipman Kilpatrick
- Richard Carpenter as Lieutenant Ponsonby
- Peter Gill as Lieutenant D'Arblay
- David Robinson as Midshipman Harvey Crawford
- Robin Stewart as Midshipman Pardoe
- Ray Brooks as Hayes
- Peter Greenspan as Johnson
- Tom Bell as Evans
- Murray Melvin as Percival Wagstaffe
- Victor Maddern as Bosun Dawlish
- Bryan Pringle as Marine Sergeant Kneebone
- Johnny Briggs as Wheatley
- Brian Phelan as Grimshaw
- Toke Townley as Silly Billy
- Declan Mulholland as Morrison
- Walter Fitzgerald as Admiral Jackson
- Joy Shelton as Mrs. Crawford
- Anthony Oliver as Tavern Leader
- Russell Napier as Flag Captain
- Michael Coles as Flag Lieutenant
- Andre Maranne as Colonel Giraud
- James Bolam as Captain's Boy
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