Ari Ben Canaan, a passionate member of the Jewish paramilitary group Haganah, attempts to transport 600 Jewish refugees on a dangerous voyage from Cyprus to Palestine on a ship named the Exodus. He faces obstruction from British forces, who will not grant the ship passage to its destination.

• Otto Preminger Films
• United Artists
• Paul Newman
• Eva Marie Saint
• Ralph Richardson
• Peter Lawford
• Lee J. Cobb
• Sal Mineo
• John Derek
• Hugh Griffith