A city councilman explores the seedy side of town to help him decide how to approach an urban renewal project. Being obviously not from there, he is beaten in the street and his wallet stolen. A transient helps him and guides him into the sordid world surrounding a strip tease dive, and eventually he has an intense affair with one of the strippers. Then the stripper is murdered and he is implicated in the crime. Now, he must try to clear his name.
