John Ford's adventure film stars Clark Gable as Victor Marswell, a big game hunter in Kenya. His troubles begin when former showgirl Eloise Kelly shows up, expecting to meet her rich future husband, only to find he's ditched her. While waiting for the next boat back, she and Victor become close until English anthropologist Donald Nordley and his prim wife Linda arrive. With the two women vying for his attentions, the macho Victor leads them all on an expedition to both help Nordley's studies and Kelly's escape from Kenya by air - but there is still a steamy love triangle to be played out.