在这部操控女人心剧情/喜剧/爱情/冒险片中,克拉克·盖博与沃尔特·皮金饰演互相敌对的新闻摄影师，他们应漂亮的女飞行员莫娜．罗依之邀，到南美洲的亚玛逊丛林寻找她失踪的兄弟强尼海因斯。众人抵达当地村落后发现那里是巫毒教的地盘，海因斯已被巫师捉去，准备当成祭品。盖博带着助手潜入丛林中找寻海因斯的下落，为了引开族人的注意 力，便在一个平滑的悬崖削壁上放映新闻片，盖博的形像出现在影片中，以致他被族人误以为是天神下凡，罗依和皮金趁机将海因斯救离险境。
前半部分有表现北平，上海抗战的内容
Chris Hunter is a sly newsreel reporter. While in Shanghai doing reports on the Chinese-Japanese war, he meets pilot Alma Harding. At first she doesn't trust him, but by a trick he manages to get her hired as his assistant. During an adventurous expedition through the jungles of South America he manages to change her view of him.
