Captain James Marshall (Mark Stevens) is assigned to run the British blockade during the War of 1812 and acquire an unsanctioned loan from the French. He recruits the help of former Navy captain Ben Waldridge (Patrick Knowles), but when Waldridges gun crew realizes there's gold on board, they start thinking about mutiny! Directed by Oscar nominee Edward Dmytryk (Crossfire), this feature also stars Angela Lansbury in a scene stealing turn as a seafaring woman with her own taste for gold