A nightclub singer marries the rich owner of a rubber plantation. When she returns with him to his estate in Malaysia, she finds out that he is cruel, vicious and insanely jealous. She and the plantation's overseer develop a mutual attraction, but are terrified at what will happen if her husband finds out.

Carole Lombard
as Judith Denning

Charles Laughton
as Horace H. Prin

Charles Bickford
as Ballister

Kent Taylor
as David von Elst

Percy Kilbride
as Jakey

James Bell
as Hambly

Charles Middleton
as Fenton

Claude King
as C.M. Chisholm

Ethel Griffies
as Mrs. Chisholm

James Dime
as Vaegi
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After the suicide of her husband, down on her luck "Denning" (Carole Lombard) finds herself reduced to singing in a remote club where she espies a chance to escape the drudgery by marrying the "King of the River" - "Prin" (Charles Laughton). He's an outwardly charming fellow, but when she gets to hi...