一个年轻的女人去寻找她失踪的艺术家父亲。她的旅程将她带到一个陌生的加利福尼亚海滨小镇，这个小镇由一个神秘的亡灵邪教统治

Danny and Elliot avoid military service by pretending to be gay, but they have to act the part when the recruiting officer doesn't buy it.

The young, naive Smitty is sent to prison for six months; （
）Cathy, his girlfriend, watches as he disappears behind the bars and barbed wire. He"s assigned a cell with Queenie, a balls-out drag queen, Rocky, a quiet but cocky con, and Mona, a young gay man who ministers to Rocky.
Smitty watches in horror as gangs of inmates brutalize prisoners who lack protection. Those who complain risk beatings or murder at the hands of unsympathetic guards: all cries are bootless. Mona offers poetry - Shakespeare"s sonnet XXIX; Queenie and Rocky offer Smitty advice, and Rocky offers protection for a price. Smitty"s choices and their consequences are the film"s main subjects.

A 23-year-old Columbia University dropout seeks his identity during the sexual revolution.