The title character, played by John Payne, is a ship's captain whose embittered behavior after losing his lady love seemingly leads to tragedy. Accused of deliberately scuttling his ship during a typhoon, Captain China hopes to clear himself by signing on as a common seaman on a vessel captain by his former first mate Brendensen. There's no love lost between the two men, and their mutual animosity is intensified when both fall in love with beautiful passenger.


Hitting the screen with the force of a raging typhoon!
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John Payne
Charles S. Chinnough

Gail Russell
Kim Mitchell

Jeffrey Lynn
Capt. George Brendensen

Lon Chaney Jr.
Red Lynch

Edgar Bergen
Mr. Haasvelt

Michael O'Shea
Trask

Ellen Corby
Miss Endicott

Robert Armstrong
Keegan

John Qualen
Geech