Dirección: Robert Wise
II Guerra Mundial: la guerra del Pacífico. "Rick" Richardson (Clark Gable) es un duro y abnegado oficial de Marina cuyo único propósito es encontrar y eliminar a un destructor japonés al que cree responsable del hundimiento de su barco. Cuando asume el mando de un nuevo submarino, con un vigilante primer oficial (Burt Lancaster), entrena a sus hombres de manera tan implacable que casi provoca un motín.
Clark Gable
Cmdr. Richardson
Burt Lancaster
Lt. Jim Bledsoe
Jack Warden
Yeoman 1st Class Mueller
Brad Dexter
Cartwright
Don Rickles
Quartermaster 1st Class Ruby
Nick Cravat
Russo
Joe Maross
Kohler
Mary LaRoche
Laura Richardson
Eddie Foy III
Larto
Rudy Bond
Sonarman 1st Class Cullen
Jimmy Bates
Jessie (uncredited)
Joel Fluellen
Bragg (uncredited)
Ken Lynch
Frank (uncredited)
H.M. Wynant
Corpsman Hendrix (uncredited)
Teru Shimada
Japanese Submarine Commander (uncredited)
Skip Ward
Minor Role (uncredited)
Russell Thorson
Submarine Crewman (uncredited)
Rodger Terry
Crewman (uncredited)
Maurice McEndree
Radio Operator (uncredited)
Alexander Lockwood
Minor Role (uncredited)
