Sandy Dennis, Michael Burns, Susanne Benton, David Garfield, Luana Anders, Edward Greenhalgh, Doris Buckinham, Frank Wade, Rae Brown, Lloyd Berry, Alicia Ammon, Linda Sorensen, Michael Murphy
Frances Austen, a young, wealthy spinster, invites a mute teenager into her apartment after finding him freezing in the park next to where she lives. Despite her best efforts, their lack of communication only increases her sense of loneliness, as her possessiveness spirals into frightening new realms.
"Frances Austen" (Sandy Dennis) is having a genteel lunch party with her friends when she spots a young man sitting on a park bench outside amidst an heavy rainstorm. Her guests all leave and she decides to fetch him in to feed, water and dry him off. He (Michael Burns) understands her ok, but he doesn't ever speak as she proceeds to chat (pretty relentlessly) to him before offering him a bed for ...