A naval officer is demoted for negligence and put in command of a run-down submarine chaser with a motley crew.
Richard Greene
as Perry Townsend III
Nancy Kelly
as Susan Leeds
Preston Foster
as Lt. (j.g.) John C. Drake
George Bancroft
as Capt. Leeds
Slim Summerville
as Ellsworth 'Spuds' Fickett, cook
J. Farrell MacDonald
as CWO 'Sails' Quincannon
Warren Hymer
as Seaman Rocky Haggerty
Douglas Fowley
as Seaman Pinky Brett
Dick Hogan
as Seaman Johnny Miller
Elisha Cook Jr.
as Seaman Rutherford Davis Pratt, aka 'The Professor'
George E. Stone
as Seaman Irving Goldfarb
John Carradine
as McAllison
