Nightclub singer Della Mason witnesses a murder and is forced by the killer to flee with him from the scene of the crime. Escaping from the gangster, she secretly boards the ship of Captain Josiah Storm, a woman-hater, and the ship sails from San Francisco headed for China. Della is discovered by Jim Benton, the ship's first mate and he pleads her case to the captain. He leaves her in under the protection of Minnie at "Minnie's Joint in Shanghai, until her innocence can be established.
Harry Carey
as Captain Josiah Storm
Judith Allen
as Della Mason
Milburn Stone
as Jim Benton
Betty Compson
as Chicago
Matty Fain
as Duke Ransom
George Cleveland
as Clinton
Jane Jones
as Minnie
Willy Castello
as Manuel
