Three women who haven't seen each other for years meet at a motel to talk about what they've done since they were together, and also to plan a heist of the King of Sex's crown during the upcoming Mardi Gras carnival. They pull the heist and are pursued by relentless detectives, and they must use their feminine charms to escape incarceration.

在这个大萧条时期的故事中，Calef从密歇根州前往加利福尼亚州，在密苏里州的Spooner停留，Lute在那里雇佣他打零工。Calef与Lute的侄女Hannah有牵连。但她嫁给了西德尼，一个酗酒的妻子，希望继承他岳父的钱。西德尼和一个古怪的传教士密谋陷害卡莱夫，卡莱夫发现很难掩盖他神秘的过去和他对西德尼妻子日益增长的感情。