1879. Two war weary soldiers, a sergeant and the officer he rescues from a massacre, battle their way to the bloody end of the Zulu war, witnessing the brutal murder of the heir to the throne of France. To prevent them revealing the incompetence of their superiors, they are rapidly posted to India. Raised to Captain, Jack Carew is ordered to investigate the disappearance of two white girls, but finds that these are not the only young women being taken. Carew and the sergeant, now his batman, both become involved with other men's wives. The sergeant with a widow he wins in a bet, and Carew...