Money to Burn (1926)

Dolores Valdez, returning to her South American home, falls in love with Dan Stone, the ship's doctor. He is forced to jump overboard when he thinks he has killed a man who while protecting Dolores. Diego, the uncle of Dolores, is trying to force her to marry Ortego, has a counterfeiting business going with Ortego in a lonely chapel in which Dolores is forbidden to go. Dan has been rescued by Ortego who gets Dan to cure a man who is very sick and guarded by a large black man. Dan and Dolores meet again but keep it a secret. They are discovered and held captive by the guard. The intrigue grows ever larger around them.