Usingactor'snamesastheydifferinthedubbed-versions:CarladelPoggioisthewistfulcompanionofoperastarMadamStefaniaMonti.CarlasoonlearnsthatMadam'saccompanist,GabrielleFeretti,isfondofbedroomrompswithMadam'swistfulcompanion,andisalsoathiefwhoabscondswithMadam'sjewelry.Carlaisaccusedofthetheftbutherattorney,FrankLatimore,whoisalsosomethingofamama's-boy,windsheranacquittal.LatinoeplanstomarryCarlabuthismother,TinaLattanzi,stepsinandtellsCarlathatmarriagetohersonwillruinhisbuddingcareer,andCarlamoveson.Carla,aftergivingbirthtoLatimore'sbaby,becomesafamousnightclubsinger.TimepassesandGabrielle,thejewelthief,returnsandattemptstorapeCarla,butsheshootshimdead.Athermurdertrial,Latimoredefendsheragain,andalsolearnsheisthefatherofherchild,andsheonlylefthimbecauseofhismother'sinterference.