Christopher Powell is in Malaysia with his fiancTe and her father, capturing wild animals. While out hunting, he is attacked by a tiger, and his native guides run away, leaving him for dead. But the tiger is the pet of Ulah, a beautiful young woman who grew up by herself in the jungle. She rescues Chris and takes him back to her cave, where she nurses him to health and falls in love with him. When he eventually returns to camp, she follows. The fiancTe is jealous, and the natives don't like Ulah or her pet tiger either, all of which leads to a lot of trouble.

American hunter Christopher Powell hurts his leg in the Malaysian jungle while on a tiger hunt. Abandoned by his native guides, who are afraid of the "Laughing Tiger," he is rescued by Ulah, a native who grew up alone in the jungle with her tiger "Limau" and chimpanzee "Bogo." Christopher's fellow hunters attempt to locate him, but are unsuccessful and assume he is dead. In the meantime, Christopher educates Ulah in rudimentary English, and they fall in love with each other. Realizing his duty to his fiancée Ava, Christopher finally returns to his camp, with Ulah and her animal friends following. Melan, leader of the natives guides, captures "Limau" believing him to be the laughing tiger of jungle superstition. Ulah rescues "Limau," but is then captured along with the hunters who try to help her. The natives tie up everyone and put Ulah in a pit into which they throw burning embers. After the tribal chief kills "Limau," Christopher frees himself and shoots Melan at the same time that "Bogo" and his chimpanzee companions attack the natives. Chaos ensues, the natives flee, and Christopher escapes with Ulah. Once normalcy is restored, all of the hunters leave except Christopher, who stays with Ulah, having been released from his engagement to Ava.