John Barrymore ("Romeo and Juliet," "Dinner at Eight") stars as an 18th-century swashbuckling hero who escapes from a French prison ship and risks everything for the love of a worthless woman. Co-starring Barrymore's real-life love, Dolores Costello ("The Magnificent Ambersons"), and Warner Oland ("Charlie Chan" films). Based upon the classic novel,"Manon Lescaut", by Abbe Prevost.