 The film tells the story of a wife and mother who is raped twice by the same man and her ordeals dealing with the actual rape and her subsequent dealing with the police and the trial.Ellen Harrod appears to have a happy marriage to David, although his frequent work-related absences are beginning to take a toll on her.While taking night school classes with her neighbor and best friend, Marge Bracken, she is introduced to Larry Retzliff.