Although they initially do not get along, they eventually find they have a lot in common and become fast friends. Johnson then boards a transport ship, where he meets Lt. Penny breaks up the fray and she and Johnson spend their last night together sipping cocktails. Robert Sunday ( John Hodiak), accuses Johnson of being unsentimental, a hypocrite, and joining the Army out of purely selfish motives. During the party, a colleague of his, Dr. He joins the Army and has a cocktail party with his wife, Penny ( Anne Baxter). Johnson is the chief surgeon at a hospital, a man free of emotional attachment to his patients. Johnson begins to tell his story, beginning in 1941. As he is sitting on the transport boat taking him back to America, he is asked by a reporter about his experiences during the war.
Ulysses Johnson ( Clark Gable) is an American surgeon coming back from World War II.
