After a series of robberies led by a bandit known as "Elang Darat", the chief of Kresek village calls in a detective named Parlan (Astaman).
It was written and directed by former journalist Inoe Perbatasari, who had previously been assistant director on Andjar Asmara's Kartinah.
The film starred Astaman and Ali Joego, with Rohana, Salam, Amalia, Louise Gunter, S Aminah, and Mas'oed Pandji Anom in supporting roles.
[1] Inoe Perbatasari would go on to make one more film for Jacatra Pictures, Poetri Rimba, later that year.
The American visual anthropologist Karl G. Heider writes that all Indonesian films from before 1950 are lost.