At the start of World War II, Cmdr. Ericson is assigned to convoy escort HMS Compass Rose with inexperienced officers and men just out of training. The winter seas make life miserable enough, but the men must also harden themselves to rescuing survivors of U-Boat attacks, while seldom able to strike back. Traumatic events afloat and ashore create a warm bond between the skipper and his first officer
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Jack Hawkins as Ericson
Donald Sinden as Lockhart
Denholm Elliott as Morell
John Stratton as Ferraby
Stanley Baker as Bennett
Liam Redmond as Watts
Meredith Edwards as Yeoman Wells
Bruce Seton as Tallow
John Warner as Baker
Barry Letts as Raikes
Gerard Heinz as Polish Captain
Fred Griffiths as Gracey
Glyn Houston as Phillips
Virginia McKenna as Julie Hallam
Megs Jenkins as Tallow's Sister
June Thorburn as Doris Ferraby
Moira Lister as Elaine Morell
Alec McCowen as Tonbridge
Leo Phillips as Wainwright
Dafydd Havard as Signalman Rose
Laurence Hardy as Sellars
Sam Kydd as Carslake
John Singer as Gray
Barry Steele as Broughton
Gerik Schjelderup as Norwegian Captain
Gaston Richer as French Captain
Andrew Cruickshank as Scott Brown
Kenn Kennedy as Allingham
Harold Goodwin as ASDIC Operator
George Curzon as Admiral at Party
Anthony Snell as R.N. Lieutenant
Ronald Simpson as R.N. Captain
Don Sharp as Lieutenant-Commander
Herbert C. Walton as The Waiter
Jack Howard as A Survivor
Russell Waters as A.R.P. Warden
Harold Jamieson as A.R.P. Warden
Warwick Ashton as Petty Officer Instructor
Walter Fitzgerald as Warden (uncredited)
Paddy Joyce as Sonar Operator (uncredited)
Richard Leech as Sailor (uncredited)
Jim Brady as Sailor in Water
Alan Webb as Admiral Murray-Forbes (uncredited)
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