Fiercely determined to become a famous opera singer, innocent Laurel arrives in Denver where a bawdy saloon is the only place she can find work. Suddenly, she is wearing shockingly low-cut gowns and singing to drunken hooligans but all the while feeling more than a little attracted to her boss, Chance Rafferty. A gambler with a devilish smile and keen aversion to marriage, he can offer her only fleeting passion. Will these two headstrong lovers succeed in having their own way, and more so in achieving their common goal to possess each other?