Reporter Joe Miller (Ben Lyon) has been promising his editor a big story on possible Chinese immigrants being smuggled into the country through the city's waterfront. Suspecting that Captain Eli Kirk (Ernest Torrence) is responsible for the activities, his investigation is getting nowhere until he chances upon the captain's daughter, Julie (Claudette Colbert). At first romancing the girl to further his investigation, his feelings for her grow, which causes a conflict with his story.
