[3] Hugh Murnin, a pillar of Sydney society, has a secret past as a pearler on Thursday Island, during which time he believes he killed a man in a drunken brawl.

He is blackmailed by one of his old drinking mates, Slick Harvey, who also tries to seduce Murnin's daughter, Mildred (Lorraine Esmond).

Mildred's fiancé, Tom (Gordon Collingridge) exposes Harvey as the leader of a gang of opium smugglers and that it was he, not Murnin, who killed the man on Thursday Island.

[11] The film appeared at the Lyric on a bill with a stage show involving jui jitsu set at an opium den.

[12][13] The Bulletin said "The story is little better than a sensational front-page scoop in a yellow newspaper and there is a lot wanting on the technical side.

[6]Under the terms of the corporation, Perry and McMahon were to receive £1,000 in part payment for their services, plus £1,560 annually for seven years and 6,000 fully paid-up shares.