Captain Robert Rogers, a British Army officer, publishes a book about his father's exploits.

After it is ridiculed as a hoax, Rogers leaves for the Malay Peninsula to prove the existence of Booloo, the legendary tiger that killed his father.

[2][3] They gave Andjar's wife, Ratna, a role as Sakai girl who was sacrificed in a ritual sacrifice to a white tiger.

Elliott's two previous Malayan films, Bring 'Em Back Alive and Devil Tiger, had been criticized for lacking authenticity.

[5] Frank Nugent of The New York Times called it "an exciting and quite entertaining blend of the real and the make-believe".