log line just as engine pressure is restored. With the propeller now turning below, he must make an impossible climb to the deck. Once aboard, though, Rummill finds Mahia and takes a knife from the kitchen since his wet gun is now not reliable. Mahia advises the captain to try to kill the weaker Leroy first with the knife before going after Scott on the bridge. She convinces Rummill of her plan to put Leroy off-guard down in the engine room by claiming Scott has attacked her. Mahia tells Leroy that Scott has promised her half the money, and that Scott will eventually kill Leroy. Mahia convinces Leroy they can be together instead, and as they begin to kiss she takes Leroy's handgun from his back pocket and shoots him twice, leading to his slow death. Scott, still on the bridge, steers the ship towards the lifeboat to kill the remaining crew. When he is not able to contact Leroy to change the ship's speed, he rushes unarmed to the engine room where he is confronted by a knife-wielding Rummill. Seeing Leroy's handgun on the engine room floor below, Scott leaps for it and fires at Rummill; only to realize the gun is empty. Rummill then leaps on and fatally stabs Scott, while in the sea the crew evades the ship bearing down on them. With ten crewmen now dead, the movie ends with those remaining on the lifeboat cheering their rescue by Rummill, who is now back in command. Cast James Mason as Capt. Edwin Rummill Dorothy Dandridge as Mahia, Pete's Wife Broderick Crawford as Henry Scott, Mutineer Stuart Whitman as Leroy Martin, Scott's Accomplice Katharine Bard as Joan Rumill Jack Kruschen as Alex Cole John Gallaudet as "Bull" Pringle Barney Phillips as Karl Pope David R. Cross as Mace Hank Patterson as Mr. Moody Harry Bartell as Tom Walsh Joel Fluellen as Pete the Cook Guy Kingsford as Jim Osborne Jonathan Hole as Mr. Adams Harlan Warde as Vic Joel Marston as Russ Hendersen Ed Hinton as Mansard Marshall Kent as Sammy Robert Christopher as Seaman Art Lewis as Seaman Reception According to MGM records the film earned $365,000 in the US and Canada and $435,000 elsewhere resulting in a loss of $273,000. References External links 1958 films American black-and-white films Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films Films directed by Andrew L. Stone 1958 adventure films 1950s crime films Seafaring films 1950s