A C-47 transport plane, named the Corsair, makes a forced landing in the frozen wastelands of Labrador, and the plane's pilot, Captain Dooley, must keep his men alive in deadly conditions while awaiting rescue.

John Wayne
as Captain Dooley

Lloyd Nolan
as Captain Stutz

Walter Abel
as Col. Fuller

James Arness
as Mac McMullen

Andy Devine
as Willie Moon

Allyn Joslyn
as J.H. Handy

Jimmy Lydon
as Murray, Dooley's navigator

Harry Carey, Jr.
as Ralph Hunt, Moon's co-pilot

Hal Baylor
as Stankowski, Dooley's engineer

Sean McClory
as Frank Lovatt, Dooley's co-pilot