站街女受助于好心的老绅士。老绅士愿出1000镑委托站街女演一出让自己儿子浪子回头的感情戏，却不料过程中父子双方均爱上此女，与此同时，一桩谋杀案令儿子卷入其中……。

The film was unofficially based on the life of Clara Bow, Holllywood's original "It Girl." Director Victor Fleming was once engaged to Clara Bow.