Geronimo1967
Despite the fact that this starts with God Save the King playing under the titles, its not actually the Brits whom Lt. Nolan (John Litel) is planning on defecting to when he is arrested by the US Army. Hes quite a strong-willed and belligerent gent, though, so rather than just play it cool and keep his head down, he loses the plot at his court martial and ends up being sentenced to something uniquely cruel. He is to spend the rest of his life at sea but he is prohibited from ever visiting his country again and from hearing anything about it from any of the US Navy shipmates. Despite the best efforts of his dedicated fiancée Marlan (Gloria Holden) nobody is prepared to intercede for him, not even President Jackson, so it looks like this is h...