Tough Caribbean freighter Captain Sam Whelan engages Sally Clark, a tramp masquerading as a missionary's daughter, to care for an abandoned baby on board his ship. En route to New York, ships mate Gatson sexually attacks her. The Captain knocks Gatson overboard in an ensuing scuffle. A romance developing between the Captain and Miss Clark is put to the test in New York after an assault investigation uncovers the girl's questionable past.
Gary Cooper
as Captain Sam Whalan
Claudette Colbert
as Sally Clark
Averell Harris
as Mate Gatson
Richard Spiro
as Sammy
Douglass Dumbrille
as Alisandroe
Raquel Davidovich
as Maria Estella
Hamtree Harrington
as Aloysius
Sidney Easton
as Mark
Joan Blair
as Gertrude
Charlotte Wynters
as Flo
Herschel Mayall
as Mrs. Morrisey
Joseph Calleia
as The Agent
