 The film stars Robert Wagner, Buddy Ebsen, Terry Moore, and Broderick Crawford, was directed by Richard Fleischer and was partly filmed on Kaua'i.The film's score by Hugo Friedhofer,which included elements of the "Dies Irae" was nominated for an Oscar for Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture.In 1945, on a Pacific island, Sergeant Sam Gifford (Wagner) is demoted to the rank of private after striking an officer.