Shy, young magazine writer Oliver Cromwell Cannon (Robert Morse) is sent by his publisher, Harvey T Sweigert (Howard St. John) – who is also the father of his fiancee, Sharon (Yvonne Craig) – to cover a scientific expedition to Antarctica.
On the way, he teams up with ladies-man photographer Peter Santelli (George Maharis) and falls for beautiful brunette air hostess Tiara Marshall (Anjanette Comer), whose friend Diana (Janine Gray) attracts Santelli.
Reaching their objective, the restless photographer promotes the idea of flying a planeload of girls into the base to prove its livability.
The Vice Admiral (James Gregory) agrees but regrets his decision when bedlam ensues, and the promoters are confined.
When Mikhail “Mickey” Drozhensky (Michael Constantine), a Russian scientist whose defection Oliver has already falsely reported, meets Tiara, it is love at first sight, and the two are married at the base, proving the young reporter correct.
When he returns to New York as a hero, his triumph overcomes his guilty conscience, and he sweeps Sharon off her feet.
Based on a novel by Philip Benjamin.
Oliver Cromwell Cannon
Robert Morse Peter Santelli
George Maharis Tiara Marshall
Anjanette Comer Vice Admiral
James Gregory Mikhail Drozhensky
Michael Constantine Harvey T. Sweigert
Howard St. John George Snell
Norman Fell Diana Grenville-Wells
Janine Gray Leslie Folliott
Bernard Fox Ben Livingston
Richard LePore Orville Bayleaf
Conlan Carter Sharon Sweigert
Yvonne Craig Penguin
Milton Fox
Director
Delbert Mann
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On the way, he teams up with ladies-man photographer Peter Santelli (George Maharis) and falls for beautiful brunette air hostess Tiara Marshall (Anjanette Comer), whose friend Diana (Janine Gray) attracts Santelli.
