In this short, a modern-day promoter tries to sell a man the idea of searching for Captain Kidd's buried treasure, claiming he has the original map. A flashback reveals that Kidd was known to be a pirate and also to have had a commission from William III at one time, which instructed him to act as a unit of the British Navy. What became of the fabulous treasure Kidd took from the ship "Kedah Merchant".

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• Stanley Andrews
• Wade Boteler
• James Dime
• Leslie Fenton
• Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian
• Charles Irwin
• Edward LeSaint
• Jack Roper