Three Marines take shore leave in San Francisco during World War II. Frankie O'Neill visits his lower-class dysfunctional family; Nico Kantaylis visits his pregnant fiancée; and the upper-class Alan Newcombe visits his high-living playgirl girlfriend. Each must decide whether to make the best of his situation or break out of it. O'Neill drowns his troubles in alcohol, losing the respect of a potential lover; Kantaylis marries his fiancée, but realizes he may not survive the war to see his child; while Newcombe sheds his decadent girlfriend for a pure-hearted Hawaiian nurse. Later, in battle, a heroic act costs one of the Marines his life.
Robert Wagner
Dana Wynter
Jeffrey Hunter
Hope Lange
Bradford Dillman
Sheree North
France Nuyen
Mort Sahl
Veronica Cartwright
Harvey Stephens
Paul Comi
Joe Di Reda
Buck Class
Edith Barrett
James Bell
Steven Gant
Brian Corcoran
Murvyn Vye