A rich but lonely woman named Frances Austen invites a boy from a nearby park to her apartment and offers to let him live there. This is Robert Altman's sadly neglected film that fits into the unconventional psycho-thriller mold. The story is bizarre as Sandy Dennis portrays a spinster who takes in a handsome young man (Michael Burns) pretending to be mute. She imprisons the boy and supplies his every need, including a prostitute (Luana Anders), whom she goes out and brings home for Burns' pleasure.