White Shadows in the South Seas

A disillusioned alcoholic doctor, Matthew Lloyd, lives on a Polynesian island where he is disgusted by the ruthless exploitation of native pearl divers by a trader named Sebastian. After confronting Sebastian, Lloyd is tricked and left for dead at sea. He washes ashore on a remote island inhabited by a welcoming tribe. There, he finds a new purpose and a tragic, forbidden love with a native woman, but civilization's greed eventually intrudes upon his newfound paradise.