Gary Cooper plays a drifter who washes up on a Pacific island, where he clashes with the island's strict missionary ruler. He stays and builds a life, fathering a child out of wedlock with a local woman. After her death, he leaves the island, but returns years later to find his daughter has fallen in love with an American pilot who has crash-landed on the island.
Return to Paradise
On a secluded Pacific island, a carefree American wanderer's unexpected arrival sparks a chain reaction of social unrest, challenging the rigid authority of a stern missionary.
