Self-assured surgeon Jim Stanton (John Beal) gets charged for dangerous flying after his father's manufactured complaint. His father wants him to stop flying and concentrate on the family business, surgery. He crashes during a storm killing his passenger. With the ensuing scandal, he gets suspended and sets off traveling as a hobo. He gets arrested and ends up on a road crew. His old friend gets him a job as a plane mechanic although he stipulates on general anonymity. Doris King (Joan Fontaine) is a nurse with the flying medical crew. She's intrigued with the mysterious newcomer.
It takes awhile for Joan Fontaine to get into the picture. Once there, she doesn't distinguish herself from a random well-spoken blonde. She should change over the story arc but she mostly doesn't. He's worst. He's unreasonably self-destructive, and bitter. He shouldn't want to pilot a plane. I don't like his performance and I'm not feeling their chemistry. In the end, that's a major part of this film. I have to feel their romance and I don't. The last part is very contrived. Basically a train crashes right next to a runway. That's very convenient.