美藉华人黄昆与美国黑人“老黑”，同为三藩市的警察。黄昆武功高，性格刚烈，故被称为黄面老虎。一天，老黑因开罪当地流氓，遇到暗伏，黄昆救友心切，将一名流氓置于死地，因而被上司纽曼撤职，并在狱中服刑一年。刑满后，黄昆与老黑时有往来。一夜，老黑追捕银行劫匪，在当地华侨朱氏后院被击毙。次晨，纽曼逮捕朱氏夫妇，并被探员迫其签认罪状。黄昆愤于知己被害，四处侦查，知纽曼私通匪党，乃将纽曼击毙...
Married carnival performers are subjected to the abuses of their employer in this silent film gem that has not received as much attention as it deserves. When the boss' unwanted advances on the wife are refused, he taunts a lion until it nearly kills her. But the other performers assist in a unique plot for revenge. Jaque Catelain directs and stars in this film made for influential French director Marcel L'Herbier's production company. Some sources also list L'Herbier as co-director, as he is credited here. The film boasts some rapid-fire editing techniques that were decades ahead of its time.
Using few words and gorgeous imagery, this is a poetic painting of a family, each in their own space on an August afternoon.
