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