U.S. Navy Lieutenant George Blenton becomes drunk at an official reception, and his fiancee, Jane Ravenslee, the captain's daughter, breaks their engagement. After war is declared, George, entrusted with a secret code book to deliver to an English admiral, drinks and loses the book which German spies recover. During a private court-martial he is offered a pistol for suicide. After drinking again, he fires a shot, but still lives. Put ashore on the island of Tafofu "to rot," George, hating the U.S., moves in with Lehua, a half-white who tries to wean him from drink.
as Lieutenant George Blenton
as 'Traction Jim' Cripps
as Lieutenant Kenwood Cripps
as Captain Ned Ravenslee
as Captain Eric von Prohme
as Jane Ravenslee
as Andy
as Lehua
as Otto Schmidt
