***SPOILERS*** The story of two lost souls adrift in a sea of uncertainty has Russian immigrant form Communism Tanya Borodoff aka Spot White aka Majorie Lane, Kay Francis, hook up with disgraced doctor, he blotched an operation at West Point where his patient died, Greg Burton played by Lyle Talbot who try to put their shattered lives back together while on a trip up the Irrawadi River to the city of Mandelay. It's then that Tanya's former lover and wannabe pimp Tony Evans, Ricardo Cortez, in him selling her into a white slavery ring drops in, from the local swamp, unexpectedly.
It's Tony who want's Tanya to come back to him and help him open up a combination bar bordello in Mandalay with her being the madam. Before the plot can go into action Tony disappears from sight with all the evidence pointing at Tanya as have murdered him! That by her spiking his booze with poison and hauling him, a 200 pound man, overboard as he got eaten by a group of hungry man eating crocodiles. With her now reformed alcoholic lover Dr. Burton standing by Tanya's side she plans together with him to face the music when the boat reaches shore and defend herself against the charge, 1st degree murder, placed against her.
***MAJOR SPOILER*** We soon find out that the slippery Tony Evans isn't dead at all he faked the whole thing and is now back, with another identify, to bring Tanya back into the fold as his hostess or madam of his bar restaurant bordello that he soon plans to open up in the red light district in downtown Mandalay. With Tanya fearing that she'd be exposed as an illegal alien and shipped back to the Soviet Union or Russia she grudgingly agrees to goes along with Tony's plans until a light bulb light up in her pretty head when he asks her to a toast. It's then that Tanya gets Tony to do for real thing that he faked just hours before. Thus putting an end to his scheme he planned for her of sin and depravity and free her to start a new life with her new love Dr. Burton. Who in fact, due to his acute alcoholism, had no idea what was going on in the entire time he was in the movie but still had a good time, boozing, being in it.!
It's Tony who want's Tanya to come back to him and help him open up a combination bar bordello in Mandalay with her being the madam. Before the plot can go into action Tony disappears from sight with all the evidence pointing at Tanya as have murdered him! That by her spiking his booze with poison and hauling him, a 200 pound man, overboard as he got eaten by a group of hungry man eating crocodiles. With her now reformed alcoholic lover Dr. Burton standing by Tanya's side she plans together with him to face the music when the boat reaches shore and defend herself against the charge, 1st degree murder, placed against her.
***MAJOR SPOILER*** We soon find out that the slippery Tony Evans isn't dead at all he faked the whole thing and is now back, with another identify, to bring Tanya back into the fold as his hostess or madam of his bar restaurant bordello that he soon plans to open up in the red light district in downtown Mandalay. With Tanya fearing that she'd be exposed as an illegal alien and shipped back to the Soviet Union or Russia she grudgingly agrees to goes along with Tony's plans until a light bulb light up in her pretty head when he asks her to a toast. It's then that Tanya gets Tony to do for real thing that he faked just hours before. Thus putting an end to his scheme he planned for her of sin and depravity and free her to start a new life with her new love Dr. Burton. Who in fact, due to his acute alcoholism, had no idea what was going on in the entire time he was in the movie but still had a good time, boozing, being in it.!