Directed by:
Michael AndersonScreenplay:
Eric AmblerCinematography:
Joseph RuttenbergComposer:
George DuningCast:
Gary Cooper, Charlton Heston, Michael Redgrave, Emlyn Williams, Cecil Parker, Alexander Knox, Virginia McKenna, Richard Harris, Ben Wright, Lilyan Chauvin (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
Two sailors--one the captain of a beached cargo ship called the "Mary Deare"--form an alliance to stop the ship's owner from collecting on an insurance scam which involved burning the ship's cargo and collecting on the loss. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Gary Cooper](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/978/161978231_317dfa.png)
Gary Cooper
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
![Charlton Heston](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/381/164381893_12ba41.png)
Charlton Heston
USA
Best movies:
Ben-Hur (1959)
The Big Country (1958)
The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)
![Michael Redgrave](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505326_dbf968.jpg)
Michael Redgrave
UK
Best movies:
The Hill (1965)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)
The Browning Version (1951)
![Emlyn Williams](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/099/533/99533912_2b1963.jpg)
Emlyn Williams
UK
Best movies:
The Citadel (1938)
The Wreck Of The Mary Deare (1959)
The Magic Box (1951)
![Cecil Parker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/046/576/46576488_c985bd.jpg)
Cecil Parker
Best movies:
The Detective (1954)
The Lady Vanishes (1938)
The Citadel (1938)
![Alexander Knox](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/441/164441529_babe8a.jpg)
Alexander Knox
Canada
Best movies:
The Last Place on Earth (1985) (series)
The Longest Day (1962)
Reach for the Sky (1956)
![Virginia McKenna](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/072/312/72312488_6a5a62.jpg)
Virginia McKenna
UK
Best movies:
Born Free (1966)
Waterloo (1970)
A Town Like Alice (1956)
![Richard Harris](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267631_2061cc.jpg)
Richard Harris
Ireland
Best movies:
Gladiator (2000)
Unforgiven (1992)
The Barber of Siberia (1998)
![Ben Wright](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/634/158634042_853ac9.jpg)
Ben Wright
UK
Best movies:
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
My Fair Lady (1964)
![Lilyan Chauvin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270349_4ad543.jpg)
Lilyan Chauvin
France
Best movies:
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
King Creole (1958)
![John Le Mesurier](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/036/677/36677312_9440e8.jpg)
John Le Mesurier
UK
Best movies:
![Paul Bryar](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/162/159162627_996bce.gif)
Paul Bryar
USA
Best movies:
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Vertigo (1958)
![John Dearth](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/474/161474705_6eaf69.jpg)
John Dearth
UK
Best movies:
The Wreck Of The Mary Deare (1959)
The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)
Look Back in Anger (1958)
![Peter Illing](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/388/161388185_a81d23.jpg)
Peter Illing
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Great Manhunt (1950)
The V.I.P.s (1963)
The Wreck Of The Mary Deare (1959)
![Albert Carrier](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/408/161408887_60f9fd.jpg)
Albert Carrier
Canada
Best movies:
Scarface (1983)
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
The Wreck Of The Mary Deare (1959)
Terence de Marney
UK
Best movies:
Spartacus (1960)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
The Wreck Of The Mary Deare (1959)
![Alexander Archdale](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/498/161498110_3a7299.jpg)
Alexander Archdale
India
Best movies:
The Wreck Of The Mary Deare (1959)
Village of the Damned (1960)
The Scapegoat (1959)
![Noel Drayton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/507/161507069_1f1b50.jpg)
Noel Drayton
South Africa
Best movies:
The Court Jester (1955)
Plymouth Adventure (1952)
Across the Bridge (1957)
![Charles Lamb](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/527/161527409_8a9da3.jpg)
Charles Lamb
UK
Best movies:
The Nun's Story (1959)
Reach for the Sky (1956)
The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
Louis Mercier
Algeria
Best movies:
Casablanca (1942)
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
The Song of Bernadette (1943)