James Prothero, forty-three years old and up to his ears in alcohol, is the skipper of a tramp ship due to leave South America for Britain – and he’s sick to death of carting goods back and forth across the world. Then he meets Manuela, a beautiful native girl smuggled on board by one of his crew, and comes to realise that she, too, is a lost soul. Gradually a love affair develops between them, and Prothero becomes dangerously blind to the responsibilities of his position.
| Directing | Guy Hamilton | Director |
| Writing | Ivan Foxwell | Writer |
| Writing | Guy Hamilton | Writer |
| Writing | William Woods | Novel |
| Writing | William Woods | Screenplay |
| Production | George Mills | Production Supervisor |
| Production | Robert Lynn | Unit Manager |
| Camera | Harold Haysom | Camera Operator |
| Directing | Jack Causey | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Beatrice Dawson | Costume Designer |
| Art | John Howell | Art Direction |
| Sound | Bert Ross | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | John Victor-Smith | Sound Editor |
| Directing | Yvonne Axeworthy | Continuity |
| Costume & Make-Up | John O'Gorman | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Joan White | Hairdresser |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bobbie Smith | Hairdresser |
| Camera | Otto Heller | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Alan Osbiston | Editor |
| Sound | William Alwyn | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Muir Mathieson | Conductor |
| Production | Ivan Foxwell | Producer |