A hopeful clergyman, “Fr. Joseph,” portrayed by Kerwin Matthews, comes to a secluded French Polynesian island to replace the tired and irritable older “Fr. Matthew,” played by Spencer Tracy. The parish consists of a leper colony alongside a prison. When the priests enlist some hesitant prisoners—including “Harry” (Frank Sinatra)—to assist with repairs in the village for those suffering from leprosy, these men initial…