A murderous religious cult is way-laying travellers and stealing goods in nineteenth century India. As the disappearances mount and trade becomes difficult, the British East India Company is forced ...

　　乔（劳伦斯·哈维 Laurence Harvey 饰）出身卑微，为此，他一直感到十分自卑。可是，这样的乔却偏偏爱上了大企业家的女儿苏珊（海瑟·西尔斯 Heather Sears 饰），身份的巨大悬殊令这段感情注定得不到祝福。为了阻止这段感情，苏珊的父亲为苏珊安排了同她门当户对的结婚对象，乔为此感到万分屈辱。　　美艳的女演员爱丽丝（西蒙·西涅莱 Simone Signoret 饰）出现在了乔的身...