Shopgirl Mary Turner (Muriel Starr) is wrongly accused of theft due to her employer, powerful businessman Edward Guilder, and is sent to prison.

On her release she joins forces with another woman and executes a series of scams by securing money from wealthy men with breach of promise suits.

Muriel Starr came to Australia in 1913 to perform in the play for J. C. Williamson Ltd, and was a great success with the local public, running for over three months in Melbourne[6] and sixteen weeks in Sydney.

[12] While most of the film was shot in the studio, there was some location shooting including at Buckley and Nunn's store in Bourke Street.

[8] A contemporary review said "With the exception of Sidney Stirling, Theodore Boase, and Clarence Blakiston, this four reeler presents the original cast as on the stage.