财大气粗的布鲁克先生包下了酒店的一个楼层，随他而来的是他的情人比利。报社的记者保罗来完成他的专访，听任布鲁克先生滔滔不绝地讲述他的成功经验。他起家于贩毒，而他的第一份工作是卖报。随着他的生意越来越大，要与许多上流人物交流，可是他的比利不过是合唱队的二流演员，粗鲁、无知，开口就是错。于是布鲁克先生想到了一个办法，以每周200元的薪水雇保罗做她的教师，教她一些待人接物的技巧和礼仪，改变她原来大吵大嚷、缺乏教养的举止。 　　待她有了初步的改变以后，比利开始瞧不起她的老板，因为他正是从前的自己，她开始反抗老板的意志，这使布鲁克后悔自己不该做当初的决定。Uncouth, loud-mouth junkyard tycoon Harry Brock descends upon Washington D.C. to buy himself a congressman or two, bringing with him his mistress, ex-showgirl Billie Dawn. Brock hires newspaperman Paul Verrall to see if he can soften her rough edges and make her more presentable in capital society. But Harry gets more than he bargained for as Billie absorbs Verall's lessons in U.S. history and not only comes to the realization that Harry is nothing but a two-bit, corrupt crook, but in the process also falls in love with her handsome tutor.