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"FIND YOUR S.Q.! What is your Suspense Quotient? How Much Suspense Can You Take?"
The S. S. Claridon is scheduled for her five last voyages after thirty-eight years of service. After an explosion in the boiler room, Captain Robert Adams is reluctant to evacuate the steamship. While the crew fights to hold a bulkhead between the flooded boiler room and the engine room and avoid the sinking of the vessel, the passenger Cliff Henderson struggles against time trying to save his beloved wife Laurie Henderson, who is trapped under a steel beam in her cabin, with the support of the crew member Hank Lawson.
βFIND YOUR S.Q.! What is your Suspense Quotient? How Much Suspense Can You Take?β

Robert Stack
Cliff Henderson

Dorothy Malone
Laurie Henderson

George Sanders
Capitaine Robert Adams

Edmond O'Brien
Second Engineer Walsh

Woody Strode
Hank Lawson

Jack Kruschen
Chief Engineer Pringle

Joel Marston
Third Officer Ragland
George Furness
Third Officer Osborne
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Andrew L. Stone directs. Hal Mohr behind the camera. Andrew L. Stone scores. Virginia L. Stone cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.
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Nominated for 1 Oscar. 2 nominations total
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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