Richard Widmark plays a hardened cold-war warrior and captain of the American destroyer USS Bedford. Sidney Poitier is a reporter given permission to interview the captain during a routine patrol. Poitier gets more than he bargained for when the Bedford discovers a Soviet sub in the depths and the captain begins a relentless pursuit, pushing his crew, and the on-screen tension, to breaking point in this chilling cold-war tale of cat and mouse.
Sidney Poitier | Ben Munceford | |
Eric Portman | Commodore Wolfgang Schrepke, Deutsche Marine | |
James MacArthur | Ensign Ralston, U.S.N. | |
Martin Balsam | Lieut Cmdr. Chester Potter, M.D., U.S.N. | |
Wally Cox | Seaman Merlin Queffle | |
Michael Kane | Commander Allison Executive Officer - Bridge |
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