Slippery Rodney Haines runs a high-class gambling joint in Hampstead, while elsewhere in London Lamberti's Fair for the less-well-off is on its last legs. The only link between them seems to be Tommy Blyth, whose betting has put him in serious debt with Haines and who fancies Mary, the Lamberti's adopted daughter. In fact, there is a further unexpected link between the two worlds.
故事发生在一间名为牙买加的海边客栈中,漂亮姑娘玛丽(玛琳·奥哈拉 Maureen O'Hara 饰)千里迢迢来到此地,探望她的姨妈,同时也是客栈老板娘佩西斯(Marie Ney 饰)。在途中,玛丽接受了一位名为汉弗莱(查尔斯·劳顿 Charles Laughton 饰)的男人的帮助,顺利到达了客栈。
玛丽玩玩没有想到的是,佩西斯的客栈早已经成为了海盗们盘踞的窝巢,而佩西斯的丈夫杰斯(莱斯利·班克斯 Leslie Banks 饰)正是海盗头子。更糟糕的是,看似善良的汉弗莱和海盗们同流合污,他们看中了玛丽的美貌,决定将她掳走。玛丽从海盗们手下救出了一位名为詹姆(罗伯特·牛顿 Robert Newton 饰)的男子,她的这一举动彻底的激怒了凶残冷酷的海盗们。
Because he can pass as a Russian, A.J. Fothergill is recruited to spy on the revolutionary movement in Russia in 1913. He becomes imprisoned in Siberia, as a revolutionary, until the 1917 uprisings. Amid the turmoil of the civil war between the red and white armies, he tries to flee Russia along with the beautiful Countess Alexandra.