H.M.S. Defiant

Defiant's crew is part of a fleet-wide movement to present a petition of grievances to the Admiralty. Violence must be no part of it. The continual sadism of Defiant's first officer makes this difficult, and when the captain is disabled, the chance for violence increases.

• Lewis GilbertDirector
• Nigel KnealeScreenplay
• Edmund H. NorthScreenplay
• Clifton ParkerOriginal Music Composer

• Alec GuinnessCaptain Crawford
• Dirk BogardeLieut. Scott-Padget
• Anthony QuayleVizard
• Maurice DenhamMr. Goss (Ship's Surgeon)
• Nigel StockSenior Midshipman Kilpatrick
• Tom BellEvans
• Richard CarpenterLieut. Posonby
• Peter GillLieut. D'Arblay
• Ray BrooksHayes
• Robin StewartPardoe
• Murray MelvinWagstaffe
• Victor MaddernDawlish