Exodus

Directed by Otto Preminger

With Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint, Ralph Richardson, Peter Lawford and Lee J. Cobb

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.