Helen Salvia sets sail with her 4-year-old daughter for Panda, an isolated East African port, where she expects to join her Italian husband, Lorenzo, who deserted her a year after their marriage. Cochran, the burly first mate, and Harvey, the youthful third officer, openly vie for her favor, while Captain Glanville remains aloof. In Panda, Helen discovers that her husband has become a drunken derelict and returns to the ship, but Glanville is forced to buy her release from Salvia. Fearful of the implication, Helen returns ashore with her daughter, flees from Lorenzo's attempts to attack her, and is found by Glanville just as a typhoon breaks in all its fury. In regaining possession of the child from Lorenzo, the captain is wounded; and Cochran, covering their retreat, kills Lorenzo. Cochran pays for his daring with his life, and Helen is free to return to England with Glanville. It is considered a lost film.
Jack Holt
as George Glanville
Florence Vidor
as Helen Salvia
William Powell
as Lorenzo Salvia
George Bancroft
as Cochran
Mack Swain
as Bimbo-Bomba
Frank Campeau
as Senor Cordoza
George Nichols
as Marx
Allan Simpson
as Harvey
Mary Dow
as Cina Salvia
Dick La Reno
as Henry