After his plane is downed in the South Pacific, a Navy flier recounts his life to a co-pilot while awaiting rescue.
Van Johnson
as Alec Brooke
June Allyson
as Nancy Frazer
Thomas Mitchell
as Capt. Thad Vail
Marilyn Maxwell
as Diana Case
Cameron Mitchell
as Lt. Joe Moore
Claude Jarman Jr.
as Alec (Age 14)
Henry Hull
as Dr. William G. Brooke
Geraldine Wall
as Mrs. Brooke
Barbara Brown
as Della Parkson
Paul Harvey
as John Case
Charles Evans
as Colonel Taylor
Ruth Brady
as Young Woman Aide (uncredited)