After the war, Matt Gordon returns to Singapore to retrieve a fortune in smuggled pearls. Arrived, he reminisces in flashback about his prewar fiancée, alluring Linda, and her disappearance during the Japanese attack. But now Linda resurfaces...with amnesia and married to rich planter Van Leyden. Meanwhile, sinister fence Mauribus schemes to get Matt's pearls.
Fred MacMurray
as Matt Gordon
Ava Gardner
as Linda Grahame / Ann Van Leyden
Roland Culver
as Michael Van Leyden
Richard Haydn
as Deputy Commissioner Hewitt
Spring Byington
as Mrs. Bellows
Thomas Gomez
as Mr. Mauribus
Porter Hall
as Mr. Bellows
George Lloyd
as Sascha Barda
Maylia Fong
as Ming Ling
Holmes Herbert
as Rev. Barnes
Edith Evanson
as Mrs. Barnes
Frederick Worlock
as Cadum
