Charlie Wooster is smitten by actress Nellie Jefferson, when she joins the train. Not so with others, who tire of her incessant demands for special treatment. Meanwhile an obsessed man from her past is following her, talking about how she will meet her fate like the biblical Jezebel

Polish immigrant Joe Muharich tries to befriend and hopefully straighten out Johnny Kamen, a brash young man who doesn't take well to anyone giving orders to him.