Maria travels from NYC to Egypt with her mother, Sarah, to research the legend of the White Lion. When entering a pyramid found in the distance, she meets a boy searching for his father.

The son of a priest slain by the Mau Mau moves in with a police officer and his wife in 1950 Kenya.

A millionaire past his prime and his young wife arrive in Kenya circa 1940 to find that the other affluent British expatriates are living large as the homefront gears up for war. They are busy swapping partners, doing drugs, and attending lavish parties and horse races. She begins a torrid affair with one of the bon vivants, and her husband finds out and confronts them. The husband and wife decide to break up peacefully, but the bon vivant is murdered and all the evidence points to the husband.

Brooke Adams plays a woman who has to put up with Brian Dennehy's character if she wants to get across a desolate section of Africa. They fight and naturally sparks fly.