- A conservative young man inherits his uncle's pearl-fishery concession in the South Pacific. Upon his arrival there, he becomes involved with a woman and a mystery.
- Robert Kendall inherits pearl fisheries on an island in the South Pacific. The fisheries are being managed by a weak-willed clerk named Leach, who is manipulated by Nilsson, a ruffian. Pearls are being stolen, so Kendall goes to investigate. Along the way, Kendall stops off in Papeete. There, while trying to swat a fly which is annoying him, he catches the eye of Rita Durand when he swats the fly while it is resting on the head a bald gentleman. Rita comes to his defense when he is threatened with arrest, by claiming the other man insulted her. He also meets her father, and a man named Perrier. Durand has been badly treated by Nilsson and urges Kendall to have the man arrested. But Kendall gets no cooperation from the governor of the island, who is in cahoots with Nilsson. When Durand is taken ill, Rita comes to the island to care for him, and berates Kendall for not having Nilsson arrested. Kendall gets into a fight with Nilsson and fires him.
Nilsson, Perrier, and the governor plot to get Kendall off the island. They poach his waters, but Kendall fires a machine gun at their boats. Since one of the crafts belongs to Durand, Kendall gets in hot water with him. Nilsson and Perrier find a pearl worth ten thousand dollars, but when Durand finds out about it, they hand it over to him. Durand then shows the pearl to Kendall, and the two make amends. Nilsson breaks into Durand's room to steal the pearl. Durand awakens, and Nilsson stabs him to death. Perrier tries to throw suspicion onto Kendall, although he does not know Nilsson is the real killer. As he wanders along the shore, Kendall finds the empty box that contained the pearl. He suspects Perrier and Nilsson of the murder.
A pearl buyer named Michaels arrives. Kendall overhears Nilsson talking about the crime. At gunpoint, Kendall forces Michaels to hand over the pearl. Nilsson and Perrier lie in wait for Kendall, and shoot him. When Kendall falls, Perrier rushes to Rita's home and tells her that Kendall killed her father, and that Perrier shot Kendall in self-defense. Rita is grief stricken. But Kendall has only been slight injured, and goes to Rita's home armed with a gun. When Nilsson tries to shoot him, Kendall shoots back and kills his enemy. Perrier grabs Rita and takes her into a secret passageway. Kendall holds his fire for fear of striking Rita. He breaks down the door and kills Perrier with his bare hands. Michaels testifies that Nilsson and Perrier were behind the crime. Kendall and Rita find happiness together.
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By what name was The Man Unconquerable (1922) officially released in Canada in English?
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