Shortly after he is released from prison, Maurice Leblond allows
himself to be sweet-talked by a man named Charlier into joining him on
an expedition to Cameroon. Ostensibly, the expedition is a
philanthropic one, intended to cure the natives of sleeping sickness or
'nagana'. In truth, Charlier's real motive is to get his hands on
the natives' enormous stock of gold, a bounty which he is sure will
make him a very rich man. When Charlier's secretary
Geneviève discovers his intentions she gatecrashes the
expedition and joins forces with Maurice, who is equally appalled by
Charlier's motives, to thwart her employer. In spite of their
best intentions, Cameroon is still a wild and dangerous country, and
their survival is far from assured...
American film comedy had its heyday in the 1920s and '30s, but it remains an important genre and has given American cinema some of its enduring classics.
It was American film noir and pulp fiction that kick-started the craze for thrillers in 1950s France and made it one of the most popular and enduring genres.