When the British Governor of a far-flung Asian colony is brutally murdered by terrorists, Embassy Secretary Nash (John Hurt) is sent up country into the rubber plantations. His mission is to discover whether or not brutal plantation owner Harry Rawlins (Jeremy Kemp) is causing the natives to rebel. Instead, Nash meets the seriously disturbed young society beauty Eve Proudfoot (Judi Bowker) - and embarks on a torrid affair with her while her husband is away. When Rawlins discovers their secret, blackmail and murder follow...