War drama adapted from the novel by c s forester during world war ii under the command of captain richard saville michael rennie cruiser signalman andrew canada brown jeffrey hunter heads out in pursuit of a german warship the cruiser hits the nazi raider with a torpedo but is sunk in the process and brown is taken prisoner while saville hurries to reach the ship brown risks his life in an attempt to stop the germans from getting away in time it becomes clear that unbeknown to t