john ford direct a very interesting film with all kind of suspense along with the story write by the famous eugene oneill . this story take place on a freighter and glencairn and along with a great cast of veteran actor who be all individual with many year of sail experience and some be just plain rough and tough and others keep to themselves . john wayne and ( ole olsen ) play the role of a swedish seaman who want to make this voyage on the glencairn his last and because he want to go home to his mother farm near stockholm and sweden . wayne do not play a very big role in this film in spite of the fact he have star billing . thomas mitchell and ( aloysuis driscoll ) play the role a the senior man and give a great supporting role . even ward bond appear and have a relatively short role in this picture . this picture take place during ww ii and the glencairn have hide on board lot of ammunition to support the war effort in england and could be destroy by german plane or submarine . nice film and but not what i expect to see .