Overview

In 1942, a cargo ship jammed with British evacuees from Singapore is sunk by a Japanese sub. A small lifeboat carries a beautiful woman, an army officer, a bigoted administrator, and a black seaman. Only the seaman knows the woman is a nun. The men reveal their true selves under the hardships of survival. Told in a too-long flashback frame.

Genres

Cast

Richard Burton

Biscuit

Joan Collins

Sea Wife

Basil Sydney

Bulldog

Cy Grant

Number Four

Ronald Squire

Clubman

Harold Goodwin

Daily Telegraph Clerk

Gibb McLaughlin

Club Porter

Lloyd Lamble

Captain 'San Felix'

Ronald Adam

Army Padre

Nicholas Hannen

Elderly Passenger

Beatrice Varley

Elderly Nun