During a routine patrol, a reporter is given permission to interview a hardened cold-war warrior and captain of the American destroyer USS Bedford. The reporter gets more than he bargained for when the Bedford discovers a Soviet sub and the captain begins a relentless pursuit, pushing his crew to breaking point.

• Bedford Productions
• Columbia Pictures
• Richard Widmark
• Sidney Poitier
• James MacArthur
• Martin Balsam
• Wally Cox
• Eric Portman
• Michael Kane
• Gary Cockrell