A writer visits an aircraft carrier during the Korean war to learn more about it and the way it's run. He also gets to find out more about the Navy and Marine aviators themselves, their internal and external conflicts and dangers of their job.
Van Johnson
as Lt. Thayer
Walter Pidgeon
as Cmdr. Dowling
Louis Calhern
as James A. Michener
Dewey Martin
as Schecter
Keenan Wynn
as Lt. Cmdr. Dodson
Frank Lovejoy
as Lt. Cmdr. Grayson
Robert Horton
as Ensign Neil Conovan
Bert Freed
as Lt. (jg) Andrew Szymanski
Lewis Martin
as Comdr. Michael Coughlin
George Cooper
as Cyril Roberts
Dick Simmons
as Lt. Wayne Kimbrell
Jerry Mathers
as Richard Dodson
