

“Must mean something unusual”
A German living in India during World War II is blackmailed by the English to impersonate an SS officer on board a cargo ship leaving Japan for Germany carrying a large supply of rubber for tyres. His mission is to disable the scuttling charges so the captain cannot sink the ship if they are stopped by English warships.

Marlon Brando
Robert Crain
Lead
Yul Brynner
Captain Müller

Janet Margolin
Esther

Trevor Howard
Colonel Statter

Martin Benrath
Kruse

Hans Christian Blech
Donkeyman

Wally Cox
Dr. Ambach

Max Haufler
Branner
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