秀兰·邓波儿在这部根据鲁达亚·基普林的畅销小说改编的家庭剧中担任主角。剧中充满喜剧、浪漫的色彩。《威莉·温基》被认为是秀兰·邓波儿最富有娱乐性的电影。被母亲带到印度的小女孩深受其祖父的喜爱,其祖父是英国军队前哨基地的上校。不久后,她不仅获得祖父整个兵团士兵的喜爱,而且更赢得了其敌军士兵的宠爱,从而且她的智慧制止了一场大规模的战争。Priscilla Williams is a young girl traveling with her mother, Joyce, to join her paternal grandfather, a British army colonel, at the post he commands in northern India. Upon arrival, they witness the capture of Khoda Khan, leader of the rebel Indian faction. Priscilla plays at being a soldier and is even given a uniform and allowed to drill by the genial Sergeant MacDuff, but her gruff grandfather disapproves and insists she remain apart from the troops. She eventually charms him, along with everyone else on the post, including Khoda Khan, whom she wins over by returning a talisman he's dropped. When the attractive Lieutenant Brandes deserts his post to take Joyce to a dance, Khan escapes, and Brandes is arrested. As hostilities with the rebels mount, Priscilla and servant Mohammet Dihn --actually an Indian spy--take off for Khoda Khan's stronghold.