After a massive luxury liner sinks into the ocean, the ship's officer must command a rickety lifeboat, built for only nine, that is stuffed with over twenty desperate and injured passengers. As a hurricane approaches and the many wounded passengers struggle for life, difficult decisions must be made about who will remain on the boat and who must be cast to the sea in order to give others the chance to survive.
Elenco: Tyrone Power , Mai Zetterling , Lloyd Nolan , Stephen Boyd , Moira Lister , James Hayter , Marie Lohr , Finlay Currie , John Stratton , Victor Maddern , Eddie Byrne , Noel Willman , Moultrie Kelsall , Gordon Jackson , Orlando Martins , Ferdy Mayne , Jill Melford .