Still of the Night

Just divorced Sam Rice is a sympathetic New York based totally psychiatrist, following in the footsteps of his psychiatrist mother, Grace Rice. One of Sam’s patients, George Bynum, who works in antiquities at Crispins Auction House, is determined stabbed to death. Sam is questioned through murder detective Joseph Vitucci, who believes Sam can also have pertinent data among his therapy transcripts with Bynum – data which Sam does no longer divulge to Vitucci – and might also be subsequently targeted through the assassin if he believes the equal. Sam is likewise visited by means of Brooke Reynolds, Bynum’s assistant at Crispins who reveals herself as Bynum’s mistress. She wishes Sam to return Bynum’s watch to his spouse, who she believes does now not recognise approximately her. There seems to be an emerging mutual appeal among Sam and Brooke. In reading his transcripts at the side of Grace, Sam tries to piece collectively who might also have killed Bynum. Along with Brooke’s increasingly suspicious conduct, Sam suspects Brooke may additionally no longer best be the character Bynum noted in a session as having previously killed someone, however can be Bynum’s murderer and hence after him now. Sam has to reconcile these sides of his thoughts in the direction of Brooke, which, if she is indeed the assassin, could suggest his lifestyles. tt0084732