Skeeter, a moonshiner in a backwoods section of the United States, lives and loves in an uninhabited fashion. To protect his unlawful manufacture of corn liquor, Skeeter offers his voluptuous daughter, Bessie Lou, to Sheriff Bird. Both the sheriff and Bessie Lou enjoy their unrestrained lovemaking. Candy, one of Skeeter's relatives, is sought after by three men: Skeeter, Jed the handyman, and Sweet Billie. Skeeter rapes Cindy; and Mae, his wife, seduces Sweet Billie in retaliation for her husband's infidelity. This provokes a fight between Mae and Candy. Sweet Billie subsequently makes love to Candy, but Candy seduces Jed in a barn in revenge for Sweet Billie's affair with Mae. Skeeter, who has been spying on Sweet Billie and Candy, becomes engaged and savagely whips both of them. No longer willing tout up with this abuse, Sweet Billie decides to take Candy away. Skeeter tries to rape Candy as she is preparing to leave the house. Skeeter chases Candy out of the house but the rape is prevented by Sweet Billie, who fights him for Candy. Skeeter is about to crush his skull with a rock when Sweet Billie knocks his legs from under him, causing Skeeter to all off a cliff to his death.