简介：ThestoryofthedarkinnerstruggleofMasterSergeantAlbertCallan(RodSteiger)toovercometheoverwhelmingattractionhefeelsforoneofhischarges.Inthestaidandstiflingenvironmentofapost-WorldWarIIUSArmypostinFrance,Callan'sdeeplyrepressedattractiontoothermensurfaceswhenheencountershandsomePrivateFirstClassTomSwanson(JohnPhillipLaw).Maintainingtherugged"man'sman"imageofawarhero,Callanbarksorderstohisunderlings. Later―lonelyinhissolitude―herecallsthefrighteningexperiencesofwarandtheeventsthatledtothiscrossroads.Filledwithself-loathingandunabletoactonthenaturalattractionhefeelsforSwanson,Callan'saffectionfestersintoantagonism.HepushesSwansonconstantlywithverbalassaultsandundeservedpunishments.OblivioustoCallan'sattractiontohim,SwansoncomesfinallytofeelenmityforhisMasterSergeant.…