An American missionary is gradually seduced by a courtly warlord holding her in Shanghai.
Barbara Stanwyck
as Megan Davis
Nils Asther
as General Yen
Toshia Mori
as Mah-Li
Walter Connolly
as Jones
Gavin Gordon
as Dr. Robert 'Bob' Strike
Lucien Littlefield
as Mr. Jacobson
Richard Loo
as Captain Li
Helen Jerome Eddy
as Miss Reed
Emmett Corrigan
as Bishop Harkness
Clara Blandick
as Mrs. Jackson (uncredited)
Willie Fung
as Officer (uncredited)
Jessie Arnold
as Mrs. Blake