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In this plodding story set during WWII, Jackson is a lonely woman who stays in her country home while her husband is away in a Japanese prisoner of war camp. The drifting Deacon soon becomes her lover. A soldier, he decides not to return to the front, preferring to stay with Jackson. He dons a dress to conceal his identity, but gets over-confident. The gruff Reed, sergeant of a tank unit, passes by and uncovers Deacon's true identity when Deacon allows him to take him out dancing. Despite the love story and inescapable humor of the situation at the dance, the film's grim realism lasts to its bitter conclusion.