During a whaling expedition in the late 1800's, the aging Captain Bering Joy (Lionel Barrymore) and his new first mate, Dan Lunceford (Richard Widmark) engage in a battle of wills concerning the education of the captain's struggling grandson.
Dan Lunceford
Bering Joy
Jed Joy
Slush Tubbs
Andrew L. Bush
Manchester
Thatch
Britton
Benjamin Harris
John Briggs
Luke Sewell
Crew Member (uncredited)
Boy (uncredited)
Miss Hopkins (uncredited)
Blair (uncredited)
Lern Sykes (uncredited)
Mother (uncredited)
