This drama is an example of film noir with dark settings,
shot in real time and several flashback. The main character is a wealthy, yet bedridden
woman whose only source of contact is her telephone. Because of some type of crossed
wires, she begins to overhear a murder plot. The element of suspense carries the
reader/viewer along as she suddenly realizes that one of the murderers is her
husband, and she is his target! Her attempts to contact the police prove futile, as she
is dismissed as a crazy old lady.
Even though the ending
is not shown, the audience assumes that the woman is murdered. The audience feels her
helplessness, fear and vulnerability as she is doomed to listen to her own murder with
no help at all.
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