by Iotis Erlewine
synopsis
In this campy "adult-oriented" drama from the early 1930s, the ruthless manager of a Malaysian rubber plantation marries a singer facing deportation. He offers her a miserable existence of abuse and loneliness. She finds a bright spot with a plantation worker. Unfortunately, her jealous husband sends him into headhunter country.
characteristics
- Marriage-of-convenience
- Woman
- Plantation
