Billy is an innocent, naive seaman in the British Navy in 1797. When the ship's sadistic master-at-arms is murdered, Billy is accused and tried.

Melvyn Douglas
The Dansker, Sailmaker

Paul Rogers
Philip Seymour, 1st Lieutenant

John Neville
Julian Ratcliffe, 2nd Lieutenant

David McCallum
Steven Wyatt, Gunnery Officer

Ronald Lewis
Enoch Jenkins, Maintopman