After a line of mischief Philip Gale, an American sailor, is lured into hiring on the "Yorikke", a tramp cargo, by Lawski, a stoker from Poland. Still, the two become friends within the motley crew of losers from all nations. Gale and his new companion soon are more than disillusioned: the "Yorikke" is far from seaworthy and more of a coffin than a ship, work is close to slavery, and treatment by the officers and their subalterns is harsh and cynical. One day they make an alarming discovery in a tin of plum butter they have procured from the ship's cargo... Written by Anonymous
Horst Buchholz
as Philip Gale, Amerikanischer Seeman
Mario Adorf
as Lawski, Polnischer Kohlenschlepper
Helmut Schmid
as Martin, Heizer auf der Yorikke
Alf Marholm
as Kapitän der Yorikke
Werner Buttler
as Dils, 1. Ingenieu
Elke Sommer
as Mylène Loureau
Karl Lieffen
as belgischer Kripobeamter
Kurt Pratsch-Kaufmann
as belgischer Polizist
Alfred Balthoff
as Henri Ballard, Passfälscher
Albert Bessler
as amerikan. Konsul in Rotterdam
Günter Meisner
as Paul
Panos Papadopulos
as Popoff
