An engineer commissioned to survey the first East African railway, Robert Anderson (Robert Taylor sets out from Mombasa, accompanied by Hooky Hook (Anthony Newley), his aide, and Jane Carlton (Anne Aubrey), whose father and fiance have disappeared in the interior. Anderson and his little band are beset by wild beasts, hostile tribesman and the hirelings of Ben Ahmad, an Arab slaver, who wants to establish a line for his slave trade. Finally, in a pitched battle between the two forces, Anderson's prevails; he looks forward to building the railroad with Jane at his side.
—-Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>