The film begins during WWI. A group of British soldiers are fighting and are then attacked by German soldiers with flame throwers. It's all very horrific and only one of the Brits survives, though he's injured.
The story then picks up a short time after the war. The injured soldier, Jim, is a hopeless drunk and living in Fiji of all places. There, a local jerk-face, McEwen, spends his time bullying everyone- -especially Jim. He likes keeping Jim drunk and pathetic. But when Josie inexplicably arrives, she takes pity on Jim and helps him regain his manhood and get off the bottle.
This is an unusual film because at that time, few pictures talked about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder--a term coined many years after the film. Is it a great film? No. It has plenty of problems, such as some of the acting as well as the film's unintentionally racist bent (such as calling folks 'half-caste' and in one scene Jim is angry and calls a local 'a black ape'). PC, it is NOT...but the film is a product of its times...and still offers some unusual and interesting story elements.
The story then picks up a short time after the war. The injured soldier, Jim, is a hopeless drunk and living in Fiji of all places. There, a local jerk-face, McEwen, spends his time bullying everyone- -especially Jim. He likes keeping Jim drunk and pathetic. But when Josie inexplicably arrives, she takes pity on Jim and helps him regain his manhood and get off the bottle.
This is an unusual film because at that time, few pictures talked about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder--a term coined many years after the film. Is it a great film? No. It has plenty of problems, such as some of the acting as well as the film's unintentionally racist bent (such as calling folks 'half-caste' and in one scene Jim is angry and calls a local 'a black ape'). PC, it is NOT...but the film is a product of its times...and still offers some unusual and interesting story elements.