Duke Webster, a young prize fighter turned trainer has a talent for helping his boxers achieve their competitive divisional weight. When he steals $86, a judge sentences him to work for a gentleman restaurateur, Val Valenty, to pay off the debt. Holly Hollis Valenty, Val’s wife, suffers from morbid obesity. Val, who encourages her eating disorder, hopes the condition will kill her. Duke compassionately applies his skills to save Holly, but his intervention on Holly’s behalf alarms Val. True to the legend, Holly is transfigured into a goddess-like beauty. Duke and Holly fall in love. The jealous Val dies in a failed attempt to murder the adulterous couple. They stand trial, accused of murdering him, but are exonerated after a protracted defense.
