South Pacific

1943 On an archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean US troops are kicking their heels amid the cacao groves while restlessly waiting for the war to reach them Nellie Forbush a navy nurse from Arkansas finds herself falling for the French plantation owner Emile de Becque a man with a mysterious past The scheming sailor Luther Billis runs a makeshift laundry to earn a quick buck but hes no match for the quickwitted Polynesian Bloody Mary whos intent on exploiting these foreigners When young Princeton graduate Lieutenant Joe Cable is flown in on a dangerous reconnaissance mission love and fear become entwined as the islands battle for hearts and minds begins