简介：AsmallplanecarryingthreeBritishcitizens—MajorCrespin,hisestrangedwifeLucilla,andpilotDr.Traherne—becomeslostandisforcedtocrashlandinthetinyrealmofRukh,somewhereneartheHimalayaMountains.TheRajawhorulesthelandwelcomesthem. However,ashisthreebrothersaresoontobeexecutedformurderbytheBritish,hissubjectsbelievethattheirGreenGoddesshasdeliveredintotheirhandsthreevictimsfortheirrevenge.Thethreearetobekilledoncethebrothersaredead.TheRajaprofessestohisguestsnogreatloveforhisbrothers,astheyhadposedadangertothesuccessionofhisownchildren,butseesnoreasontoangerhispeople.However,hebecomesattractedtoLucillaandofferstospareherlifeifshewillbecomehiswife.Sherefuses. TheprisonersbecomeawarethattheRajahasatelegraph,operatedbytheRaja'srenegadeBritishexileandchiefassistant,Watkins.Hopingtosendforhelp,theytrytobribeWatkins,butwhentheyrealizeheisonlyleadingthemon,theythrowhimoffthebalconytohisdeath.MajorCrespinmanagestosendamessagebeforetheRaja'smenbreakintotheroom.TheRajapersonallyshootsCrespinintheback,killinghiminmid-transmission. Thenextday,TraherneandLucillaaretakentothetempleoftheGreenGoddess.Oncemore,theRajarenewshisoffertoLucilla,butisagainturneddown.Givenamomentalone,TraherneandLucillaconfesstheirloveforeachother.Then,inthenickoftime,sixBritishbiplanesappearintheskiesoverRukh.Lt.Cardewlandsanddemandsthereleaseofthecouple.TheRajagivesin.…