to show the injured men that they can still lead an active life and turns down both jobs, asking instead to be put in charge of the Pacific Division of the Air Transport Service. He therefore places himself as a high-ranking advocate for disabled veterans. He tells Sue "just one more job". Cast Sterling Hayden as Rear-Adm. John Madison Hoskins Alexis Smith as Sue Hoskins Ben Cooper as Seaman P.J. "Zuggy" Zugbaum Dean Jagger as Vice-Adm. Thomas L. Semple Virginia Grey as Dorothy Buracker Hayden Rorke as Capt. William Buracker Douglas Kennedy as Capt. Walter Riley Louis Jean Heydt as Capt. Walter F. Rodee Richard Crane as Lt. Johnson Morris Ankrum as Vice-Adm. Arthur Dewey Struble Frank Ferguson as Admiral L.D. John Maxwell as Adm. William F. "Bull" Halsey William Kerwin as Cole Production Among other locations, The Eternal Sea was filmed from October 7 to late October, 1954, at the USS Kearsarge (CV-33) while on a "Show The Flag" cruise around Asia. Support from the US Navy was also in the form of the loan of Douglas AD-1 Skyraider, Grumman F9F Panther aircraft and Piasecki HUP-2 Retriever helicopter. Other aircraft that were seen, include Korean wounded disembarking from MATS aircraft, a Douglas C-54 Skymaster and a Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter. Use of documentary film from World War II was also evident. The naval battle scenes, including multiple shots of planes being shot down, is true documentary footage from the Pacific War rather than special effects. The launch of the USS Princeton is also taken from documentary footage. Plot . Reception Writing in The New York Times, film critic Howard Thompson wrote, "as an unpretentiously engrossing tribute to a man's unpretentious realism and courage, it could hardly be more appealing," adding that the film contains, "some of the best and most unobtrusive photography of aircraft carrier scenes ever made. " The Eternal Sea was an attempt by Republic Pictures studio head Herbert J. Yates to add a high quality production to the usual output of low budget features. The studio promotion "breathlessly" highlighted: "Hollywood Now Brings You a Story of Heroic Greatness...; Inspired by the depths of a woman's love! and The real-life Naval Hero who defied disaster - to soar his jet to glory!" With production costs increasing, Yates organized Republic's output into four types of films: "Jubilee", usually a western shot in seven days for about $50,000; "Anniversary", filmed