Douglas Sirk's brilliant movie is an ode to the kind-hearted souls who join the military. The film follows the travails of a minister, Dean Hess (Rock Hudson), who served as a colonel during World War II and who, upon losing his drive to tend to his flock in America, joins the Air Force and ends up helping orphans in Korea. While there during the war, he renews his faith and must find a way to reconcile it with the battles he faces.