Main Cast: Gary Cooper, Charlton Heston, Michael Redgrave, Emlyn Williams, Richard Harris, Cecil Parker
Release Year: 1959
Country: US/UK
Run Time: 105 minutes
Plot
Talented special effects and adventure director Michael Anderson (Around the World in 80 Days, 1956) keeps the suspense going in this drama about the wreck of the Mary Deare. John Sands (Charleton Heston) is the captain of a salvage ship that is almost rammed by the apparently abandoned Mary Deare. Sands boards the ship in search of plunder but as it is tossed on the high seas, he discovers a half-crazed captain aboard (Gary Cooper). The captain of the Mary Deare, Gideon Patch, tells Sands his story and in the end, the ship is scuttled and sinks. While Sands believes the story, the court does not believe it and Captain Patch is devastated. Determined to prove his innocence, the two captains dive down to the sunken Mary Deare to dredge up the evidence they need -- building up to a slam-bang climax. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
Alexander Knox - Petrie; Ben Wright - Mike Duncan; Virginia McKenna - Janet Taggart; Peter Illing - Gunderson; Ashley Cowan - Burrows; Terence de Marney - Frank; Alexander Archdale - Lloyd's Counsel; Paul Bryar - Port Official; Albert Carrier - Ambulance Attendant; Lilyan Chauvin - Nun; George Dee - French Captain; Jean del Val - Javot; Noel Drayton - Bell; Charles Lamb - Court Clerk; John Le Mesurier - M.O.A. Lawyer; Louis Mercier - Commander of Police; Lomax Study - Photographer; Charles Davis - Yules; John Dearth - Reporter
Credit
Paul Groesse - Art Director, Hans Peters - Art Director, Robert Saunders - First Assistant Director, Michael Anderson - Director, Edna Warren - Editor, George Duning - Composer (Music Score), William J. Tuttle - Makeup, Joseph Ruttenberg - Cinematographer, Julian Blaustein - Producer, Henry W. Grace - Set Designer, Hugh Hunt - Set Designer, Arnold A. Gillespie - Special Effects, Lee Le Blanc - Special Effects, Franklin E. Milton - Sound/Sound Designer, Eric Ambler - Screenwriter, Hammond Innes - Book Author
