
Unhappy with her humdrum life as a provincial schoolteacher, Audrey Greenwood marries Major Carter, an officer in the British Army whom she does not love. Not long after the wedding Carter is on his way to Malaysia, accompanied by his wife, to take up a post in the British colony. During the long sea voyage, Audrey becomes acquainted with the handsome Prince Selim, the heir to the Malaysian throne. Life in the province of Malacca soon proves disagreeable to the free-spirited Englishwoman and she becomes a social outcast when her amorous affair with the prince is discovered.
Audrey Greenwood

Prince Selim

Lady Muriel Lyndstone

Lord Brandmore

Lady Patricia Brandmore

Sir Eric Temple

Major Carter

Gérald
Doctor

Mademoiselle Tramont

Sub-mistress of the Tramont Institute

Friend of Audrey

A Malay
Journalist

Journalist
English lady

Lady Johnson

Japanese

Foun-Sen, maid
English lady
Sirdae Raman

(uncredited)
