A captain is promoted by his company from tramp steamers to their flagship passenger liner. Although he is a thoroughly competent sailor ready to take charge of such a ship, he is less prepared for the social duties his new position involves, not least the way he in which becomes the target for all the unattached women on board.
John Gregson
as Capt. Albert Ebbs
Peggy Cummins
as Mrs. Judd
Donald Sinden
as Shawe-Wilson
Maurice Denham
as Major Broster
Richard Wattis
as Prittlewell
Reginald Beckwith
as Burtweed
Bill Kerr
as Bill Coke
Joan Sims
as Maude Pritchett
Miles Malleson
as Canon Swingler
John Le Mesurier
as Sir Angus
James Hayter
as Earnshaw
Oliver Reed
as Suntanning Passenger (uncredited)
