A psychiatric hospital is turned upside down when a mysterious drifter is admitted and assigned to room 316. Known only as John Doe, the other patients believe that he bears an uncanny resemblance to Jesus Christ.

Out of the horrors of war comes a love story. On leave in WWII, Canadian pilot Gordon Devereaux escapes London for the countryside. There he meets local girl Wendy and they fall in love. But he is suddenly transferred to the Pacific and never sees Wendy again. When Wendy dies in 2008, her granddaughter goes on a quest to find her previously unknown grandfather.