A former boxer stationed at an American army base in peacetime Hawaii is manipulated by a sadistic superior, and a sergeant has an affair with a married officer's wife. However, their lives are set to change dramatically as the Japanese launch an attack on Pearl Harbour. Second World War drama, with Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr, Montgomery Clift, Frank Sinatra, Ernest Borgnine and Donna Reed.

In 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his captain's wife and second in command are falling in love.