
Dr.EugeneFerguson(CaryGrant),arenownedAmericanbrainsurgeon,andhiswifeHelen(PaulaRaymond)arevacationinginLatinAmericawhenarevolutionbreaksout.Theyaretakenagainsttheirwilltothecountry'sdictator,RaoulFarrago(JoséFerrer),whourgentlyneedsalife-savingoperation.<br/> Overthenextfewdays,whileFergusontrainsassistantsforthedelicateoperation,hewitnessesvariousactsofbrutalitybytheregime,especiallybyColonelAdragon(RamónNovarro),buthisHippocraticOathcompelshimtodohisbest.<br/> RolandGonzales(GilbertRoland),therebelleader,kidnapsHelentopressureherhusbandintomakingafatalsurgical"mistake."HismessagetoFergusonisinterceptedbyIsabelFarrago(SigneHasso),thepatient'swife,andtheoperationisasuccess.HelenisreleasedunharmedwhenFarragodiessoonafterwardsandhisgovernmentisoverthrown.







