Alfonsa “Lady Cocoa” King, a prostitute, is escorted out of the Nevada State Prison by Lt. Ramsey Miller of the state attorney’s officer. Officer Douglas “Doug” Fuller meets them with a car. While driving away, a hit man named Big Joe and his partner follow. Ramsey lectures Cocoa that she must follow orders if she wants to stay alive and testify before a grand jury about the racketeering activities of her boyfriend Eddie. Unafraid, Cocoa announces she is going to make the best of her one-day reprieve from prison. At a casino, Doug and Cocoa register as husband and wife. Ramsey insists they go straight to their room, where Cocoa throws a tantrum and insists Ramsey shop for her nail and hair products. She then orders a large quantity of expensive food from room service before taking a hot shower. Meanwhile, Big Joe and his assistant check into a room and assemble their sniper rifles. Later, while Ramsey reconnoiters the hotel, Cocoa insists Doug take her shopping at the casino. When Doug says he only has $20, Cocoa wins at blackjack. In a clothing store, Cocoa and Doug meet newlyweds Arthur and Marie who invite them to dinner. While leaving the store, Cocoa reveals that she shoplifted a diamond bracelet and stashed it in Doug’s pocket. Back in the room, Cocoa asks Doug to put lotion on her back and brags that her boyfriend, Eddie, was the first black man to buy into the Nevada rackets. When Doug inquires why she is testifying against Eddie, she admits to being lonely in prison, and attempts to seduce Doug. When he resists, Cocoa demands they have dinner with Arthur and Marie, or she will not testify. When Ramsey returns, he orders Doug to take Cocoa to dinner, but Doug protests that he cannot protect Cocoa at the restaurant. Ramsey admits he is afraid they cannot afford to call Cocoa’s bluff, but assures Doug that no one knows she is in the hotel. Cocoa and Doug join the newlyweds at their table, and Ramsey sits at the bar. Later, as Cocoa dances with Arthur, she spots Eddie. After dragging Marie to the ladies’ room, Cocoa claims that Eddie is a former boyfriend, and she needs to talk to him without Doug knowing. Marie suggests they go to her room. Upstairs, Cocoa discovers that Marie works for Eddie, as he is already in the room waiting for her. After embracing, Eddie informs Cocoa that his lawyers should have her out of jail within the month. Cocoa explains she only pretended she would testify so she could get a day out of jail. Cocoa wants to make love, but Eddie reasons the police are looking for her and sends her back to her room. After she leaves, Big Joe arrives and Eddie signals for him to kill Cocoa. Cocoa returns to her room, pages Doug, and takes another shower, unaware that Big Joe is aiming his rifle at her. When Cocoa bends over to retrieve a dropped earring, a bullet barely misses her. Cocoa steps into the bedroom, where a maid is turning down the bed. Big Joe fires again, but accidently kills the maid. Doug and Ramsey run into the room and a distraught Cocoa confesses that Eddie is in the hotel. Doug heads after the killers. Outside, he spots Arthur and Marie preparing to drive away. Doug blocks the exit and opens fires, causing the couple to drive through the casino and into the pool. Unable to unbuckle his seatbelt, Arthur drowns. Marie runs into a ladies’ room, followed by Doug, and a gunfight ensues, ending with Marie being shot to death. Undressing the body, Doug discovers Marie is really a man. Doug then joins Ramsey and Cocoa as they drive to the police station, but Ramsey realizes they are being followed. Doug tells Ramsey to drop him and Cocoa off, lose the killers, and meet them at his friend’s boat in the marina. Before they get out of the car, Doug realizes he is out of bullets and Ramsey loans him his gun. Upon reaching the boat, Cocoa insists on taking a hot shower. Since Doug’s friend’s boat does not have a shower, they go to another boat, where they make love. Meanwhile, Big Joe and the other killer row out to the friend’s boat, climb aboard, and start shooting. A short time later, Ramsey arrives to find the killer’s dead bodies. While trying to make out what happen, Doug and Cocoa appear and tell him not to move. Ramsey confesses he is working with Eddie, but points out that as Doug has no proof, no one will believe him. As police cars arrive, Doug gives Ramsey back his gun. He explains explain that he will tell the officers that Ramsey saved him and Cocoa by shooting the killers, so Eddie will think Ramsey double-crossed him. Afterward Cocoa exclaims she finally feels free, but Doug replies “freedom is just another name for love.”