A dissatisfied wife is trapped in her townhouse existence. Her husband is the archetypal schnook and also one of the great screen monsters. Her lover is a narcissistic creep who finishes off what her domestic life started.

After bearing an illegitimate child, society girl Josephine Monaghan leaves home in disgrace. On the road west, she discovers that a woman alone is sexual prey for any man—so she disguises herself as a boy.