An aircraft carrying 24 American military school cadet boys returning home crash lands into the sea near a remote, uninhabited, jungle island in the Pacific Ocean. The pilot of the plane Captain Benson, the only adult survivor, is seriously injured and delirious. All of the survivors arrive on the island. Ralph and another of the older boys, Jack, emerge dominant, and an impromptu election is held to determine an official leader for the group. Ralph is declared the winner. Things go smoothly for a while, but tensions soon begin to grow between Ralph and Jack... - Wikipedia