Year: 1957
Runtime: 100 mins
Language: English
Director: Richard Sale
After a luxury liner sinks, the ship’s officer is forced to steer a lifeboat meant for nine but overloaded with more than twenty wounded survivors. With a hurricane bearing down and supplies dwindling, he must decide which of the 14 desperate passengers will stay aboard and which will be cast overboard to give the others a chance to survive.
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