Jake Bozman (Guy Boyd), an abusive, heavy-drinking owner of a struggling East Los Angeles nightclub, is married to Teresa (Julie Carmen), a former stripper trapped in an unhappy union. Tony Montero (Robert Beltran), a charismatic ex-convict and drifter, arrives at the club and gets hired as a singer, quickly reviving the venue's business. Teresa and Tony begin an intense, covert extramarital affair. Consumed by passion and desperation to escape Jake’s control, Teresa manipulates Tony into conspiring with her to murder her husband, leading to a deadly spiraling plot.