When a new commander is assigned to a submarine chaser with an experimental engine, he finds the entire crew has as little experience as he does.
Also starring:
John McIntire, Ray Collins, Jack Webb,
Richard Erdman, Harvey Lembeck, Henry Slate,
Ed Begley, Charles Bronson (uncredited)
Lee Marvin (uncredited) George Nader (uncredited)
Jack Warden (uncredited)
This movie's US alternate title, U.S.S. Teakettle, is a reference to the patrol vessel's name in the film. The United States navy vessel's engine has steam turbines which use steam to drive it just as a tea kettle "steams" when it boils.
Film Debuts of : Charles Bronson, Harvey Lembeck, Lee Marvin and Jack Warden