Barney Phillips

Whitney Cameron has a real fondness for his pretty sister-in-law, Lynne, but when one of her stepchildren mysteriously dies, an autopsy indicates that the child was poisoned. Despite his own feelings for Lynne, Whitney believes that she may be responsible for the child's death because with the elimination of her other stepchildren, she would become sole heir to her late husband's estate.

China, 1926. The country is torn by revolution and exploited by foreigners. Jake Holman, an American sailor who serves as an engineer aboard the U.S.S. San Pablo, a gunboat which patrols the Yangtze River simply to maintain an American presence in China, wants no part of the whole messy situation and would prefer to simply stay below deck and keep the engines running. He is more at home with machines than people. He is forced to get involved when the gunboat is sent to rescue a group of missionaries upriver at the China Light Mission. Holman is made a part of the landing party and assigned to escort the missionaries back to the safety of the San Pablo. The spiritual life espoused at the mission affects him and draws him out of his shell. For once in his life, he feels a sense of belonging and falls in love with one of the missionaries, young Shirley Eckert, drawn to her innocence and compassion. Unfortunately, the lives of everyone there may be in danger due to the unstable political environment.

Engineer Jake Holman arrives aboard the gunboat U.S.S. San Pablo, assigned to patrol a tributary of the Yangtze in the middle of exploited and revolution-torn 1926 China. His iconoclasm and cynical nature soon clash with the "rice-bowl" system which runs the ship and the uneasy symbiosis between Chinese and foreigner on the river. Hostility towards the gunboat's presence reaches a climax when the boat must crash through a river-boom and rescue missionaries upriver at China Light Mission.

Engineer Jake Holman arrives aboard the gunboat U.S.S. San Pablo, assigned to patrol a tributary of the Yangtze in the middle of exploited and revolution-torn 1926 China. His iconoclasm and cynical nature soon clash with the "rice-bowl" system which runs the ship and the uneasy symbiosis between Chinese and foreigner on the river. Hostility towards the gunboat's presence reaches a climax when the boat must crash through a river-boom and rescue missionaries upriver at China Light Mission.

China, 1926. The country is torn by revolution and exploited by foreigners. Jake Holman, an American sailor who serves as an engineer aboard the U.S.S. San Pablo, a gunboat which patrols the Yangtze River simply to maintain an American presence in China, wants no part of the whole messy situation and would prefer to simply stay below deck and keep the engines running. He is more at home with machines than people. He is forced to get involved when the gunboat is sent to rescue a group of missionaries upriver at the China Light Mission. Holman is made a part of the landing party and assigned to escort the missionaries back to the safety of the San Pablo. The spiritual life espoused at the mission affects him and draws him out of his shell. For once in his life, he feels a sense of belonging and falls in love with one of the missionaries, young Shirley Eckert, drawn to her innocence and compassion. Unfortunately, the lives of everyone there may be in danger due to the unstable political environment. When civil war breaks out, Jake must take a stand, a stand that could put him in conflict with his American superiors.

What to do about a suspected murderess who can't be convicted?

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Whitney Cameron has a real fondness for his pretty sister-in-law, Lynne, but when one of her stepchildren mysteriously dies, an autopsy indicates that the child was poisoned. Despite his own feelings for Lynne, Whitney believes that she may be responsible for the child's death because with the elimination of her other stepchildren, she would become sole heir to her late husband's estate.

Criminal defense lawyer Martin Strang (Stone) becomes unhinged after he is forced to defend an insane killer who had murdered again after Martin had earlier defended him, and discovering his wife Lucille is having an affair with psychiatrist Dr. James Anderson. Martin changes his will to cut out his wife and leave his entire fortune to benefit the victims of the guilty criminals he aided. Martin also blackmails murderer William Jackson (Guilfoyle) by guaranteeing a not-guilty verdict if he will kill Lucille and her lover. The plan backfires when Jackson decides to murder Martin and escape.

Criminal defense lawyer Martin Strang (Stone) becomes unhinged after he is forced to defend an insane killer who had murdered again after Martin had earlier defended him, and discovering his wife Lucille is having an affair with psychiatrist Dr. James Anderson. Martin changes his will to cut out his wife and leave his entire fortune to benefit the victims of the guilty criminals he aided. Martin also blackmails murderer William Jackson (Guilfoyle) by guaranteeing a not-guilty verdict if he will kill Lucille and her lover. The plan backfires when Jackson decides to murder Martin and escape.