一个年轻的女人正在为谋杀罪受审。镜头闪回，我们得知她努力克服贫困作为一个十几岁的孩子——一个错误的逮捕和监禁盗窃和参与就业导向缺乏长期与歹徒。在妓院里，她遇到了一个年轻的律师，一个富有的和有声望的家族的后裔，他爱上了她并帮助她围着她转的生活。但她的过去赶上她，她必须面对的音乐，而不是导致他丑闻。

A Butler gets elected to the Hungarian parliament where he opposes his master's government.

To avoid the rigors of the law, Gilda flees New Orleans and hides on a Caribbean island where the worst criminals can ask for asylum. Besieged by the scum of the earth, Gilda will soon find out that she has found refuge in hell.

1937 film by William Dieterle, William Keighley