"A destroyer departs from the port of Taranto with orders to take a load of petrol to Tobruk at all costs."
Gabriele Ferzetti
as Comandante Alberto Bruni
Eleonora Rossi Drago
as Anna
Pierre Cressoy
as Tenente Stefano Valli
Riccardo Garrone
as Capo macchinista Morabito
Mike Bongiorno
as Ruggero Grimaldi
Fiorella Mari
as Luisa, moglie di Bruni
Amos Davoli
as padre Giuseppe
Liliana Gerace
as signora Sandri
Anita Durante
as zia Bettina
Dina Perbellini
as zia Dora
Ugo Sasso
as Bruschi
Nino Marchetti
as padre di Ruggero
Gian Paolo Rosmino
as Ammiraglio
Roberta Benedetti
as
Fausto Guerzoni
as padre Efisio (uncredited)
Albino Morandin
Rodolfo Frattaioli
Franco Pucci
Luigi Rovere
Producer
Marc-Antonio Bragadin
Screenplay
Annunziata Piacentini
Seamstress
Giorgio Arlorio
First Assistant Director
Lionello Massobrio
Editor
Euclide Santoli
Makeup Artist
Vincenzo Taito
Unit Manager
Alma Santoli
Assistant Makeup Artist
Franco Ferrara
Conductor
Anna Maria Feo
Costume Design
Ugo Nudi
Camera Operator
Francesco Cinieri
Second Assistant Director
Mario Amari
Sound
Luigi Allegretti
Assistant Camera
Guido Malatesta
Carlo Rustichelli
Original Music Composer
Alfredo Bini
Production Manager
Rodolfo Martello
Production Secretary
Luigi Puri
Story
Antonio Musu
Venanzio Biraschi
Luigi Scaccianoce
Production Design
Renzo Cerrato
Script Supervisor
Gino De Santis
Ennio Michettoni
Set Decoration
Director
Eliseo Boschi
Renato del Frate
Director of Photography
