Hallie (Capucine) is the main attraction both for clients and for Jo, the madame (Barbara Stanwyck). Her comfortable if tedious life is disrupted by the arrival in town of Dove Linkhorn (Laurence Harvey), her true love of three years before who is now searching for her. When Linkhorn learns the truth of her profession he triggers a chain of events involving a number of people, including the young Kitty (Jane Fonda) with whom he travelled from Texas and who is now the Doll House newest recruit.
