Abner Biberman

When a young woman visiting Haiti brings a stolen voodoo idol to treasure hunter Bill Buchanan, they embark on a perilous quest for a rumored fortune.

A cholera epidemic breaks out, drought blights the land and herds of thirst-maddened elephants devastate the plantation in a thundering stampede.

Discovering that a ventriloquist is travelling to Zurich, a spy ring hides secret plans in his dummies' heads. When a second spy ring learns of the plans, they descend upon the ventriloquist, causing city-wide pandemonium.