After his release from prison, notorious ex-con and moonshine distiller Gator McKlusky moves in with his father in a cabin in the Okefenokee Swamp. His bootlegging plans are cut short, however, when a federal agent tells McKlusky that he will lose custody of his 9-year-old daughter unless he helps bring down local crime lord Bama McCall. McKlusky enlists the help of reporter Aggie Maybank and a few local eccentrics to bring down McCall's empire.

特蕾西·惠特尼是一位银行职员，拥有令人艳羡的事业和爱情。在她结婚前夕母亲却自杀身亡，她想为母亲讨回公道, 不料因缺乏社会经验也遭陷害入狱，未婚夫也无情地抛弃了她。在狱中，她见义勇为的行为得到了州长的特赦。特蕾西出狱后精心构建了一系列陷阱，使当初陷害她们母女的坏人们得到了应有的惩罚。然而当一切都尘埃落定，特蕾西想要开始全新的生活时，才发现因为她的犯罪记录，整个社会拒绝接受现在的她。为了生存，高傲的她只能被迫沦为盗贼，但盗亦有道，她坚持偷窃的对象只是那些为富不仁，贪婪虚伪的人。凭借智慧的头脑加上百变的伪装，她一次次成功地逃脱警方的追捕。与男主人公杰夫经历了种种波折后最终结合，并功成身退。