During the Japanese invasion of the Philippines, an assorted group of refugees, including an American soldier, an Army nurse, a priest and a group of local children, try to make their getaway aboard a rattletrap, creaky bus.

Doug McClure
as Cpl. Steve Bennett

Katharine Ross
as Laura Huntington

Ricardo Montalban
as Father Sanchez

Ronald Remy
as Miguel

Helen Thompson
as Lupe

Berting Labra
as Pedro

Loaki Boy
as Paz

Vilma Santos
as Maria

Danilo Jurado
as Vincente

Debra Garza
as Teresa