"A naval officer is demoted for negligence and put in command of a run-down submarine chaser with a motley crew."
Richard Greene
as Perry Townsend III
Nancy Kelly
as Susan Leeds
Preston Foster
as Lt. (j.g.) John C. Drake
George Bancroft
as Capt. Leeds
Slim Summerville
as Ellsworth 'Spuds' Fickett, cook
J. Farrell MacDonald
as CWO 'Sails' Quincannon
Warren Hymer
as Seaman Rocky Haggerty
Douglas Fowley
as Seaman Pinky Brett
Dick Hogan
as Seaman Johnny Miller
Elisha Cook Jr.
as Seaman Rutherford Davis Pratt, aka 'The Professor'
George E. Stone
as Seaman Irving Goldfarb
John Carradine
as McAllison
Ward Bond
as Seaman Olaf Swanson
Moroni Olsen
as The Fleet Captain
Charles Trowbridge
as RAdm. Joseph Maitland
Maxie Rosenbloom
as Marine Sentry Sgt. Joe Duffy
Joan Valerie
as Anne
Henry Armetta
as Luigi
Jack Pennick
as Bos'un 'Guns' McPeek
Robert Lowery
as Sparks, radioman
Harry Strang
as Seaman Grainger
Victor Varconi
as Italian Naval Chaplain Vanzano
Russ Clark
as Undetermined Part (script name, Anderson)
Charles Tannen
as Undetermined Part (script name, Kelly)
Ernie Alexander
as Warship Sailor
Murray Alper
as Orderly in Maitland's Office
Lon Chaney Jr.
as Marine Sentry
Dorothy Christy
as McPeek's Girl
E. E. Clive
as
Ray Cooke
Alan Davis
as Maitland's Secretary-Lieutenant
Duke Green
Fred Malatesta
as Italian Gendarme at the 'Maria Ann'
Frank Moran
as Waiter at Dive
Manuel París
Ferdinand Schumann-Heink
as German Officer
Dick Wessel
as Dock Shore Patrolman (facing camera)
Darrell Ware
Writer
Rian James
Jack Yellen
Darryl F. Zanuck
Producer
John Ford
Director
Hans Peters
Art Direction
Ray Millholland
Novel
Gwen Wakeling
Costume Design
William S. Darling
Thomas Little
Set Decoration
Robert L. Simpson
Editor
Arthur C. Miller
Director of Photography
