Starring Bambang Hermanto and Nurbani Yusuf, it follows a young woman who is kidnapped by a group of bandits, only to fall in love with their leader.

The film, adapted from the 1940 novel of the same name by Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana, was repeatedly blacklisted by the Indonesian government and only saw release several years after production ended.

He and his gang track the movements of a rich merchant (Rd Ismail) and his family, who are returning from a successful business trip.

[1] Ismail adapted Anak Perawan di Sarang Penjamun from the novel of the same name by Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana.

The Communist Party of Indonesia-allied arts group Lekra would call for the Sukarno government to block films by non-Lekra filmmakers as anti-revolutionary.

After a press screening on 26 February 1964, Anak Perawan di Sarang Penjamun was challenged by Lekra; a review in Warta Bhakti considered the film to "betrayal the [Indonesian people's] struggle",[a] owing to the film's pro-Malay sentiment during the ongoing confrontation with Malaysia.

Anak Perawan di Sarang Penjamun, however, remained blacklisted because of Hermanto's previous membership in the Communist Party.