Before the war, a Fleet Air Arm pilot is dismissed for causing the death of a colleague. Working for a small Greek airline when the Germans invade Greece, he gets a chance to redeem himself and rejoin his old unit on a British carrier. This is regarded the last of the conventional, rather stiff 1930's style Ealing war films, to be succeeded by much more realism and better storytelling.
John Clements
as Lt. Dick Stacey
Leslie Banks
as Vice Adm. David Wetherby
Jane Baxter
as Celia Wetherby
Ann Todd
as Kay Gordon
Basil Sydney
as Capt. Fairfax
Edward Chapman
as Papadopoulos
Hugh Williams
as Wagner
Frank Pettingell
as Fields
Michael Wilding
as Lieut. Grant
Michael Rennie
as Lieut. Maxwell
Cecil Parker
as German Air Marshal
John Stuart
as Commdr. Hood
