a movie made in 1955 about an officer on a supplyship, in the Pacific Ocean during World War II (1939-1945) who is torn between the desire to get into "real" combat and his desire to protect the men in his command from the ship's despicablecaptain. The crew are loyal to him and he does not want to abandon them to the tyrannical captain so he can partake in the "real fighting." The movie was based on a novel of the same title.