Still of the Night

Glamorous Brooke Reynolds visits Dr. Sam Rice and asks him to return a watch to Bynum's wife. She begs him not to reveal their affair, setting up the secret at the heart of the case. This visit introduces the tension between professional duty, romance, and the investigation to come.

NYPD Detective Joseph Vitucci arrives to press for information about Bynum. Sam refuses to provide any details about the patient or the case. The police warn him that he could become a target if the killer believes he knows more.

Sam reviews the Bynum case files, noting Bynum's affairs with various women at Crispin's and a mention of a wealthy friend who once killed someone. He wonders whether that friend might kill again. This inspection begins to illuminate possible motives and suspects.

The police believe the killer is a woman, aligning with clues in the Bynum case. Sam's perspective grows more complex as Brooke's role and others' possible involvement come under scrutiny.

Sam gradually falls for Brooke but remains wary, feeling watched and unsure of her motives. He struggles to reconcile his growing feelings with the danger surrounding the case.

Sam is mugged and loses his coat, heightening his sense of danger. The mugger is killed in the same manner as Bynum, reinforcing the sense that the case is targeting him personally.

Sam discusses clues with his psychiatrist mother, Grace, including a strange dream where Bynum finds a green box in a dark house and a little girl with a bleeding teddy bear. The dream recurs and seems to foreshadow events to come.

Brooke's behavior becomes suspicious as Sam tails her to a family estate on Long Island. She explains her guilt in her father's accidental death and says Bynum threatened to reveal that secret if she ended their affair.

Sam learns that Gail Phillips was Bynum's previous girlfriend and an assistant at Crispin's who blames Brooke for the breakup. Gail schemes to frame Brooke for Bynum's murder and to advance her own vendetta.

Gail's plan unfolds as she kills Detective Vitucci, removing a key obstacle to Brooke's supposed guilt. The murder heightens the danger and tightens the web around the central relationships.

Gail arrives at the Long Island estate intent on killing Brooke and Sam. The confrontation begins to unfold as Brooke and Sam realize they are targets.

Brooke forgets her keys and goes back into the dark house to retrieve them while Sam waits in the car. This moment sets up the climactic sequence of pursuit inside the house.

Gail materializes in the back seat and stabs Sam, triggering a desperate chase through the house. Sam emerges from the staircase to join the struggle, and Gail falls to her death over a railing, echoing Brooke's father's demise.

In the final scene, Sam and Brooke embrace, having survived the ordeal and resolved the tension between their personal and professional lives.