Sword in the Desert

1949 American war film directed by George Sherman Andrews, Marta Toren, Steven McNally and hunky Jeff Chandler, who was cast to delight the ladies. It was the first American film to deal with the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine and marked the first significant feature film role for Jeff Chandler.
Freighter captain Mike Dillon reluctantly smuggles Jewish immigrants into Palestine, making it very clear to the Jewish leader, David Vogel, he is only doing it for the money. (Gosh, imagine that). Dillon is more than mildly chagrined when he finds out he will he has to go ashore to get paid the eight thousand U.S. dollars he is owed. To make matter worse, one of those pesky British patrol boat that always seem to be patrolling all around the world shows up sooner than expected, and Dillon is forced to join the Jews in their flight for freedom.