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.
Paul Newman
Eva Marie Saint
Ralph Richardson
Peter Lawford
Lee J. Cobb
Sal Mineo
John Derek
Hugh Griffith
Gregory Ratoff
Felix Aylmer
David Opatoshu
Jill Haworth
Marius Goring
Alexandra Stewart
Michael Wager
Martin Benson
Paul Stevens
Betty Walker
Martin Miller
Victor Maddern
George Maharis
John Crawford
Shmuel Segal
Dahn Ben Amotz
Ralph Truman
Peter Madden
Joseph Fürst
Paul Stassino
Michael Wynne
Mark Burns
Esther Ofarim
Zipora Peled
Philo Hauser
Clinton Greyn