While taking a shower, Kate Miller (Angie Dickinson), a middle-aged, sexually frustrated New York housewife, has a rape fantasy while her husband stands at the sink shaving. Later that day, after complaining to her psychiatrist Dr. Robert Elliott (Michael Caine) about her husband's pathetic performance in bed, she meets a strange man at a museum and returns to his apartment where they continue an adulterous encounter that began in the taxicab. Before she leaves his apartment, she finds papers which certify that the man has a venereal disease. Panicked, Kate rushes into the elevator, but has to return to his apartment when she realizes she's forgotten her wedding ring. When the elevator doors open, she's brutally slashed to death by a tall blonde woman wearing dark glasses. Liz Blake, a high-priced call girl, is the only witness to the murder and she becomes the prime suspect and the murderess's next target. Liz is rescued from being killed by Kate's son Peter, who enlists the help of Liz to catch his mother's killer as Detective Marino who's in charge of the case is uncooperative in the investigation.

Dr R Elliott's Clinic, 162 East 70th Street and 3rd Avenue, Manhattan.

Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 5th Avenue and East 82nd Street, Manhattan.

160 Front Street (btw Maiden Lane and Fletcher Street) Manhattan.

52 Chambers Street and Centre Street, Manhattan.

Restaurant (North Tower) World Trade Center, Financial District, Manhattan.