Ken, a WWII GI, returns home after he's paralyzed in battle. Residing in the paraplegic ward of a veteran's hospital and embittered by his condition, he refuses to see his fiancée and sinks into a solitary world of hatred and hostility. Head physician, Dr. Brock cajoles the withdrawn Ken into the life of the ward, where fellow patients Norm, Leo and Angel begin to pull him out of his spiritual dilemma.

• Stanley Kramer Productions
• Marlon Brando
• Teresa Wright
• Everett Sloane
• Jack Webb
• Richard Erdman
• Arthur Jurado
• Virginia Farmer
• Dorothy Tree