American pilot Cliff Brandon, fighting the Japanese in China, finds himself the unintentional "owner" of a Chinese housekeeper, Shu-Jen. The unlikely couple falls in love and marries, but not without tragedy brought on by the war.
Victor Mature
as Capt. Cliff Brandon
Li Li-Hua
as Shu-Jen
Ward Bond
as Father Cairns
Bob Mathias
as Capt. Phil Gates
Johnny Desmond
as Sgt. Steve Hill
Stuart Whitman
as Lt. Dan O'Neill
Elaine Devry
as Alice Nichols
Ann McCrea
as Mona Perkins
Danny Chang
as Ellington
Denver Pyle
as Col. Wiley
Don 'Red' Barry
as MSgt. Hal Foster
Tige Andrews
as Cpl. Carlo Menotti