Political and personal intrigues surround a group of characters in Malaya, after the close of the Second World War.

William Holden
as Major Ferris

Susannah York
as Candace Trumpey

Capucine
as Dhana Mercier

Tetsuro Tamba
as Ng

Michael Goodliffe
as Trumphey

Allan Cuthbertson
as Cavendish

Sydney Tafler
as Tom, Chief Petty Officer

Maurice Denham
as Tarlton

Beulah Quo
as Ah Ming
Wuchak
**_William Holden stuck between Communist fighters and the Brits in Southeast Asia_** A former OSS officer who helped the Malaysian guerillas during WW2 (Holden) is now a mogul there in 1953. His prior comrade in the jungle (Tetsurô Tanba) now leads the Communistic revolutionaries, who carry out ...