
Before the war, a Fleet Air Arm pilot is dismissed for causing the death of a colleague. Working for a small Greek airline when the Germans invade Greece, he gets a chance to redeem himself and rejoin his old unit on a British carrier. This is regarded the last of the conventional, rather stiff 1930's style Ealing war films, to be succeeded by much more realism and better storytelling.

as Lt. Dick Stacey

as Vice Adm. David Wetherby

as Celia Wetherby

as Kay Gordon

as Capt. Fairfax

as Papadopoulos

as Wagner

as Fields

as Lieut. Grant

as Lieut. Maxwell

as German Air Marshal

as Commdr. Hood

as Gen. Scarappa

as C.P.O.Marsden

as MacDermott

as Sub.Lt. Weatherby

as Jean

as Surgeon Comdr.

as Lt.Comdr. Reid

as Von Rittau

as Boy

as Colonel

as Girl

as Sailor

as Sailor

as German soldier[scene with Cecil Parker]

as SS Officer (uncredited)