Assaulted and raped by her employer, Julie, a waitress, elopes to Las Vegas with a photographer named Brad Collins. Collins deserts her after one night, leaving her destitute, and she pawns her wedding ring to buy a bus ticket back to Los Angeles. A pimp who has been stalking Julie steals her ticket, takes her to a brothel, and forces her into prostitution. Her first customer becomes overly excited and dies of a heart attack. Frightened, Julie runs out of the brothel and is struck and killed by a passing truck.