Dove Linkhorn (Laurence Harvey, The Manchurian Candidate) shows up in New Orleans with drifter Kitty Twist (Jane Fonda, Barbarella) looking for his old flame, Hallie (Capucine, The Pink Panther). When Dove finds out that Hallie works at the Doll House, a bordello run by Jo (Barbara Stanwyck, Double Indemnity), Dove looks to take her away. But Jo and her cohorts have no intention of letting their star employee go without a fight.