Filmed in the far corners of the Far East...High Adventure that reaches across the world! Peter O'Toole stars in Joseph Conrad's compelling tale of an idealistic Marine officer betrayed by his own overactive imagination. Based on Joseph Conrad's classic novel, Jim serves an apprenticeship on a tramp liner and graduates to first officer, on a ship which is mercilessly lashed by a hurricane. In a moment of desperation, the idealistic Jim abandons the ship and leaves its passengers to their fate. To redeem himself, he agrees to take a shipment of dynamite and deliver it to a tribe who are located in uncharted territory.