Summary:A group of American women work as missionaries in China,in 1935.
When the mission becomes crowded after a cholera epidemic, a more worldly doctor(Bancroft) is sent in and the other women don't approve of her ways(swearing, smoking...)Emma(sue lyon) is impressed by her, however.
A Mongol warrior sends his troops to ransack the area and tough, witty Dr.Cartright has to risk her safety to save the other women by submitting to the warrior, setting the other women free.
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