Ava Gardner and Grace Kelly scored Oscar nominations for their performances as rivals vying for Clark Gable's affections in director John Ford's classic yarn that deftly blends adventure and romance. Stranded in Kenya, beautiful showgirl Eloise Kelly (Gardner) falls for big-game hunter Victor Marswell (Gable), but their dalliance takes a detour when winsome anthropologist's wife Linda Nordley (Kelly) arrives on the scene.