A pilot wants a life of ease, flying for drug smugglers and looking the other way until his conscience is tweaked by a woman he has misused. The story unfolds in flashbacks as the pilot battles the storm and recalls his failures, including a love affair with the wife of his best friend.
Richard Widmark
as Lt. Willard Francis Slattery
Linda Darnell
as Mrs. Aggie Hobson
Veronica Lake
as Dolores Grieves
John Russell
as Lt. F.A. 'Hobbie' Hobson
Gary Merrill
as Cmdr E.T. Kramer
Walter Kingsford
as R.J. Milne
Raymond Greenleaf
as Adm. William F. Ollenby
Stanley Waxman
as Frank
Joe De Santis
as Gregory (as Joseph De Santis)
Tom Coleman
as Bartender (uncredited)
John Davidson
as Maitre D' (uncredited)
Ted Jordan
as Radarman (uncredited)
