The story of a middle-aged woman with small children whose life is shaken up when two free-spirited twenty-somethings move in across the street.

An agoraphobic woman living alone in New York begins spying on her new neighbors only to witness a disturbing act of violence.

Professional photographer L.B. “Jeff” Jeffries breaks his leg while getting an action shot at an auto race. Confined to his New York apartment, he spends his time looking out of the rear window observing the neighbors. He begins to suspect that a man across the courtyard may have murdered his wife. Jeff enlists the help of his high society fashion-consultant girlfriend Lisa Freemont and his visiting nurse Stella to investigate.