Teenager Danny McAlister escapes from a draconian boarding school. His flight takes him through Northern Queensland to the New Guinea Highlands searching for his father, missing during WWII.
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He joins Afro-American bush-pilot Mad Monty and Angela Holyman, a missionary’s stunning daughter.
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They plunge head-long into a series of helter-skelter adventures through New Guinea where they face vicious Filipino pirates to discover the secret of Danny's father.