Marlon Brando portrays Crain, who avoids active service during World War II by residing in India, when Col. Statter arrives to persuade him to assist in seizing a ship carrying rubber from Japan destined for Nazi-occupied Bordeaux. His role involves neutralizing explosives rigged on board should anyone attempt to disrupt the voyage. The new captain of the vessel, Mueller, played by Yul Brynner, isn’t thrilled about h…

A man living in Germany who doesn’t want to fight is compelled to pretend he's an SS officer so he can deactivate explosives on a cargo ship carrying rubber that the Germans need for the war. Yul Brynner portrays the captain, Mueller, who seems defeated; Martin Benrath plays the enthusiastic first officer, Kruse; Janet Margolin embodies a captive Jewish woman named Esther who has suffered abuse; and Hans Christian Bl…