Sherry Conley, a street tough and cynical woman with an unhappy family background, is taken from prison to a hotel, where the DA tries to convince her to testify against a mobster. Sherry is reluctant because the last witness was murdered before he made it to the stand, and why should she stick her neck out? At the hotel, several attempts are made on her life, and she falls for Vince, the policemen guarding her. 一个家庭背景不好的街头硬汉和愤世嫉俗的女人，被从监狱带到一家旅馆，在那里检察官试图说服她对一个暴徒作证。雪莉很不情愿，因为最后一个证人是在他出庭作证之前被谋杀的，她为什么要伸出脖子来呢？在旅馆里，她曾多次尝试过自己的生活，结果她爱上了守卫她的警察文斯。
