Young Deck Officer Arthur Hawkins (Thomas Brodie-Sangster) leaves his pregnant wife Maud (Nathalie Emmanuel) to join the San Demetrio. Shipping Manager Robert Dodds (Brian Cox) promises to keep an eye on Maud. Loading a vital and highly volatile cargo of Texas aviation fuel for the Royal Air Force, they set off in a convoy of other ships for England. On board is an American, Oswald Preston (Blair Redford). In the High Court in London, a court case starts.
Thomas Brodie-Sangster
Arthur Hawkins
Nathalie Emmanuel
Maude Hawkins
Brian Cox
Robert Dodds
John Malkovich
Chief Engineer Pollard
Harry Hamlin
Able Seaman Mortimer
John Altman
Bosun Fletcher
Blair Redford
Deck Hand Preston
John Mawson
Captain Waite
Misha Crosby
3rd Engineer Willey
Juliet Aubrey
Joy Hawkins
Rupert Vansittart
Morris Hawkins
Paul Telfer
Able Seaman McNeill
Hugh Fraser
Justice Langton
Nicholas Hutchison
Mr Miller
Declan Michael Laird
Greaser Boyle
Elizabeth Arends
Alice Clarke
James Simmons
Mr Haywood
Mark Prendergast
Able Seaman McLennan
Chris Finney
Chief Officer Wilson
Tehmina Sunny
Amanda O'Shea
Jenae Altschwager
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Klemens Koehring
1st Lieutenant Admiral Scheer
Richard Sanderson
Captain Fegen HMS Jervis Bay