Alan Croft a young aviator and a girl from a strict English background are stranded on a cannibal island when their plane crashes on the way to Australia The natives worship them believing them to be gods until a native girl discovers that the pilot is mortal Giving up hope of rescue they marry in the sight of God but when they are found by a search plane Alan is wounded and left for dead Barbara is spurned by her friends and family as having sinned but Alan returns to claim her legally