


Defiant's crew is part of a fleet-wide movement to present a petition of grievances to the Admiralty. Violence must be no part of it. The continual sadism of Defiant's first officer makes this difficult, and when the captain is disabled, the chance for violence increases.

Alec Guinness
Captain Crawford

Dirk Bogarde
Lieut. Scott-Padget

Anthony Quayle
Vizard

Maurice Denham
Mr. Goss (Ship's Surgeon)

Nigel Stock
Senior Midshipman Kilpatrick

Tom Bell
Evans

Richard Carpenter
Lieut. Posonby
Peter Gill
Lieut. D'Arblay

Ray Brooks
Hayes

Robin Stewart
Pardoe

Murray Melvin
Wagstaffe

Victor Maddern
Dawlish
David Robinson
Harvey Crawford

Bryan Pringle
Sgt Kneebone

Johnny Briggs
Wheatley

Toke Townley
Silly Billy
Declan Mulholland
Morrison
Peter Greenspan
Johnson

Brian Phelan
Grimshaw

Walter Fitzgerald
Admiral Jackson
Lewis Gilbert
Nigel Kneale, Edmund H. North
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