Sir Philip Ashlow (Stewart Granger),his neglected wife, Lady Ashlow (Ava Gardner) and his best friend Henry Brittingham-Brett (David Niven) are shipwrecked on a desert island. This potential ménage à trois where the two men compete for the lady's attention is interrupted by the unexpected arrival of a fourth inhabitant of the island.

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios
• Ava Gardner
• Stewart Granger
• David Niven
• Walter Chiari
• Finlay Currie
• Jean Cadell
• Henry Oscar
• Viola Lyel