starring
William Holden , Deborah Kerr with Thelma Ritter
Dewey Martin , William Redfield
In 1943, when the war in the Pacific is at its height, Lee Ashley , a Red Cross worker, comes to the small island of Noumea, hoping to learn details of the death of her husband, a Marine officer killed at Guadalcanal. Pretending to have known him, Lt-Col Colin Black , a tough ruthless soldier, wins her confidence and an affair begins between them.
Written and directed by GEORGE SEATON from a novel by LUCY HERNDON CROCKETT Producer WILLIAM PERLBERG
. Films: page 16