A woman whose husband is declared missing in action after Pearl Harbor flies to Hawaii after the war to conduct her own investigation.

The Chief of Police confirms to the wife that the husband was killed at Pearl Harbor and tears up his criminal record to protect his family from shame.

The New York Times gave the film a tepid review with backhanded compliments: "Betwixt the start and the finish, an undemanding spectator will find enough sequences of merit to hold his interest.

She shines nicely in contrast to the denizens of Hell's Half Acre, ostensibly a very unsocial area of Honolulu.

John Auer, the director, makes his camera capture the most in picture value of what appears to be some very dingy neighborhoods with a resultant atmosphere that creates a certain element of suspense.