在巴拿马，荒淫无度的夜总会女招待卡洛塔（塔卢拉赫·班克黑德饰）出于自卫，在一场斗争中杀死了一名男子，并因谋杀罪受审。在判无罪后，卡洛塔改名换姓，搬到纽约开始了新的生活。

Love, lust, possession, money, social standing, and addiction. Elsa Carlyle is impulsive and a gambler; though loved by her husband Jeff, she's spoiled and selfish, concerned with social standing. Meanwhile, Jeff wants to keep a lid on spending while he completes business deals that could make them rich. One night, on a hunch, she bets and loses big at a casino, then she doubles her problems with more impulsive decisions. Hardy Livingston, a wealthy Casanova just back from the Orient, makes a play for her. Elsa dallies with Hardy, but soon, his insistence and her dire financial affairs seem destined to lead to adultery. Who's the cheat?