Five defense workers on their way to the munitions factory tell their stories: a refugee from the French Resistance, a frustrated race car driver, a prison warden, a former Miss America, and an intellectual who dropped out of society and saw the country as a bum.

Lisette Rene

Mr. Wellington

Joe Dunham

Mary Jones (Miss America)

Bob Nolan

Fred Taylor

Tom Burke

Jim Benson

Swallow

Sam

Dan Barton

Col. Mueller

Pete

Jim Johnson (Mechanic)

Frank Danielson (Mechanic)

Hank
November 3, 1943

Lisette Rene

Mr. Wellington

Joe Dunham

Mary Jones (Miss America)

Bob Nolan

Fred Taylor

Tom Burke

Jim Benson

Swallow

Sam

Dan Barton

Col. Mueller

Pete

Jim Johnson (Mechanic)

Frank Danielson (Mechanic)

Hank
