After Andy Baldwin is discharged from the service, he locates his pal and fellow veteran, Steve Malone, who is now working in Hollywood as a stunt man. Steve then arranges for executive producer J. L. Sterling to hire Andy as a stunt man despite his inexperience. As they rest between stunts, Steve and Andy reminisce about their time in the South Pacific and recall the day when Steve was shot by advancing Japanese troops, and Andy saved him despite being injured himself. Later, as the director, Leslie Bennett, prepares a shot, Steve mentions that he has become engaged to his sweetheart, Jean Taylor. Meanwhile, in his dressing room, star Paul Kenyon reads a threatening letter from a man named Peter Winslow, who demands that he stay away from Winslow's sweetheart, Laura Gifford. Just then Laura arrives for their clandestine meeting. On the set, production is held up while assistant director Billy Wilkes is sent to call Kenyon from his dressing room.