[1] After a plane crashes in the Amazonian jungle, its passengers are rescued by a mysterious young woman.

They include pilot Jim Warburton, who is fascinated by the woman, Christine Ridgeway, as well as relieved when she and guide Paulo steer him and Karen, a doctor, away from the jungle and its threatening war drums.

Upon reaching Rio de Janeiro safely, Jim and Karen are surprised to encounter Christine again, then shocked when the sight of a strange man causes her to panic.

Jim eventually follows the man, who identifies himself as Don Sebastian Ortega and tells a strange tale of how Christine's mother once shot a panther, then killed herself.

Jim returns to the United States and finds Anthony Ridgeway, who reveals that Christine is not his daughter but his wife.