Adaptation of Edward Everett Hale's classic, with Cliff Robertson as an officer found guilty of treason and sentenced to a lifetime at sea. Ingham: Beau Bridges. Danforth: Peter Strauss. Vaughan: Robert Ryan. Morgan: Walter Abel. Vinson: Peter Coffield. Aaron Burr: John Cullum. Filmed in Mystic, Conn.; Newport, R.I.; and Niagara, N.Y.