Teresa (Giulianna De Sio) is a nurse who works to support her lazy husband and her pompous mother-in-law in the hospital named after her famous father-in-law. She must raise $1,000 to save her beloved father. Teresa soon becomes involved in a series of comedic circumstances where she goes to the dog races, pushes dope, and is auctioned off as the grand prize at a bordello bingo game.