At his court-martial, an American Army officer renounces his country. For his punishment he is ordered to spend the rest of his life on a ship that sails all over the world, but he will never be allowed to set foot on his country's soil, nor come within sight of it, nor be allowed to know anything about the country.
Cliff Robertson
as Philip Nolan
Beau Bridges
as Frederick Ingham
Peter Strauss
as Arthur Danforth
Robert Ryan
as Lt. Cmdr. Vaughan
Walter Abel
as Col. A.B. Morgan
Geoffrey Holder
as Slave on Ship
Shepperd Strudwick
as Secretary of the Navy
John Cullum
as Aaron Burr
Patricia Elliott
as Mrs. Graff
Alexander Clark
as Capt. Minton
Guy Spaull
as Capt. Pendleton
Peter Coffield
as Lt. Vinson
