A nightclub entertainer with a colourful past is stranded at a military outpost in Samoa, where she proves a big hit with the Marines stationed there. The singer is soon considering a move to Australia with a charming sergeant, but a pious lay preacher minister has his suspicions about her and is determined to get her off the island as soon as possible. Musical, starring Rita Hayworth, Jose Ferrer and Aldo Ray.

Sadie Thompson winds up stranded on an island and while her boat is being quarantined, she manages to stir up the blood of every marine on the base.