When a British Indian Army colonel is dishonorably discharged, he returns to London. His four sons a student at Oxford, a London barrister, an aviator and playboy, and an attache at the British Embassy in Washington rally round to support him. He tells them he is the victim of a conspiracy before he is found dead, apparently having killed himself. John Ford directed this sprawling saga that follows the four young men as they seek to uncover the truth about their revered father.