Unhappily married, Julia Sturges decides to go to America with her two children on the Titanic. Her husband, Richard also arranges passage on the luxury liner so as to have custody of their two children. All this fades to insignificance once the ship hits an iceberg.

• 20th Century Fox
• Clifton Webb
• Barbara Stanwyck
• Robert Wagner
• Audrey Dalton
• Thelma Ritter
• Brian Aherne
• Richard Basehart
• Allyn Joslyn