Five soldiers of varied backgrounds head to Wilmington, North Carolina for 17 weeks of officer candidate school. They compete against each other for a few slots, as well as for the women who work on the base.

The Officer Candidate School of the Anti-Aircraft Artillery Command at Camp Davis, North Carolina is the setting that follows the fortunes of five cadets, but the focus is on know-it-all-candidate Wally Willaims (Tom Neal) who, though the counseling of Carol Harkness (Evelyn Keyes) and a North African campaign veteran, Frank Malloy (Bruce Bennett), finally turns into a decent human being and officer.—Les Adams <[email protected]>