The crew of the merchant ship Glencairn hope to survive a transatlantic crossing during World War II. Adapted from four Eugene O'Neill one-act plays.

John Wayne
as Ole Olsen

Thomas Mitchell
as Driscoll

Ian Hunter
as Smitty

Barry Fitzgerald
as Cocky

Wilfrid Lawson
as Captain

John Qualen
as Axel

Mildred Natwick
as Freda

Ward Bond
as Yank

Arthur Shields
as Donkeyman

Joe Sawyer
as Davis
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John Wayne takes on the mantle of a Swedish sailor embarked on a freighter carrying a cargo of high explosives from the USA to the UK at that start of WWII. His "Olsen" character is maybe the most stable of the crew aboard the vessel as at least he has an home and an elderly mother to go home to. Ju...