The real-life story of poor orphan Molly Brown, an uneducated young woman who leaves her mountain cabin home in search of a rich husband and a better life. She finds both in Leadville Johnny Brown as she strikes it lucky and he strikes it rich with the discovery of gold. She then proceeds to take turn-of-the-century Denver society by storm and dazzles the crowned heads of Europe. Later she becomes one of the more unlikely heroines of the time.