Steve Guttenberg stars in this Hitchcockian thriller as a guy who intervenes for his lover, Isabelle Huppert, when she sees an assault on Elizabeth McGovern through their bedroom window. But she can't get involved because it would compromise her situation, as she's not supposed to be there with him, because she's already married. So, he says he saw it all, which only gets him in deeper and deeper as he tries to identify the assailant in a lineup based on her description. Then, he becomes a suspect, befriends Elizabeth, and tries to convince Isabelle it would be best for everyone concerned if they come clean. But she won't. Then Steve and Elizabeth try to trap the culprit.As a modern day thriller/suspense movie, it comes off better than you'd think it would, considering the lead of Guttenberg. He's no James Stewart or Cary Grant. but he does have a likable personality, if not a little bland. And, it's hard to see what a lady like Isabelle Huppert would have anything to do with Steve. Granted, he's somewhat easy on the eyes, especially with his shirt off. But they just seem like two totally different types. (By the way, for those interested in that sort of thing, the viewer gets to see Steve getting out of bed naked. I'm not sure, but I tend to think it's the only time in his films, even considering his Police Academy movies.) But the movie is quite suspenseful and it does get your blood going and it delivers some inventive, entertaining twists, the sort of movie that surprises you and you think later that was good. The only negative thing about it, is that you shouldn't think too much about the ending. Because you realize, realistically, the bad guy may be out of jail imminently, as they don't stay there for long anyway. What had he really done to be arrested for, at the end?? What had they proved?? All in all, I would recommend this and I think I would see this again, as Steve tries to stay one step ahead of the bad guy in this modern-day salute to Hitchcock.

This was a fascinating thriller in the style of Alfred Hitchcock.Terry Lambert (Steve Guttenberg) is having an affair with his boss' wife (Isabelle Huppert) and she sees an assault while looking out the window. He wants to do the right thing so he informs the police that he saw it, getting the details from her.Things fall apart and both the rapist (Brad Greenquist) and the attacked (Elizabeth McGovern) know he is lying, and soon the police are after him for the rape/murders.Things definitely get exciting as he tries to clear his name and catch the real killer (like OJ?).It ends as expected, but not before some really tense moments. Really worth watching.

This thriller would have made a great Hitchcock movie. As it stands, it's not too bad but it could have been so much better. However, any film that can engage the attention for nearly two hours must have something going for it and this does have an intriguing story line. It also has the advantage of a good cast, Steve Guttenberg is his usual affable self doing the wrong thing for the right reasons, Elizabeth McGovern brings a wonderful hard edge to her performance and Isabelle Huppert is beautiful but nasty. Brad Greenquist manages to imbue his role with a sinister quality without saying barely a word. The plot doesn't really hold up unfortunately and there are plenty of scenes that stretch credulity just too far. However if you are prepared to accept the film on just a surface level you will find yourself nicely entertained.

An innocent man (Steve Guttenberg) has a one-night stand with his boss's wife (Isabelle Huppert). She spots a woman (Elizabeth McGovern) being attacked outside but she can't call the cops because it would blow her marriage to Gutenberg's boss (Paul Shenar). So Guttenberg, honest citizen that he is, when he discovers that another woman was attacked and killed nearby only half an hour later, comes forward and claims to have witnessed the first attack, merely intending to pass on the information given to him by Huppert. Well -- never bear false witness against thy neighbor, as they say.This simple attempt to help the police nab a murderer turns rapidly twisted. When he meets the first near-victim, McGovern, she immediately twigs to what happened, but agrees to keep quiet for the moment. But then Guttenberg finds himself in court, supposed to identify the heavy (Greenquist) and we discover through cross-examination that he is NEAR-SIGHTED and can't identify objects at a distance, let alone faces. (Not that it matters because, after all, he never saw the creep in the first place.) The plot gets practically labyrinthine. Guttenberg winds up the chief suspect when Huppert is murdered too.He barely escapes arrest and holes up with the now-sympathetic McGovern. Guttenberg and McGovern hatch a plan to trap the murderer. She will serve as bait. They'll follow the flagitious creep into one of his seedy haunt and McGovern will act like the doxy that the murderer is attracted to, just to get him to try to kill her. But everything will be okay, see, because not only will Guttenberg keep a close watch on her, and not only will he alert the police a few minutes after she enters this dive, but she will keep a can of mace handy -- just in case.I ask you, the alert viewer, does this scenario unfold as planned? Elizabeth McGovern has a quirkily interesting bone structure. She seems all mandible and tiny mouth at times, but she's vibrant. Steve Guttenberg has hair on his brawn and that's about it. Otherwise he's as helpless as the character he plays. If Isabelle Huppert can act, it isn't evident in this film. The killer is so formed and so groomed that he looks like he's wearing one of those masks of deformity in that Twilight Zone episode about greedy heirs.Didn't the director, Curtis Hanson, go on to make "L.A. Confidential"? That was a nicely done piece of work. Here, everything seems clumsy and contrived, down to the small bit parts. Just before the inevitable violent climax, a uniformed police officer is introduced to delay McGovern's rescue, and the scene is embarrassing to watch. Dick Olsen has a bit part as a late shopper. He's a neat guy and always reliable. Paul Shenar as the cuckolded hubby has a striking face that seems made for the stage and he does a fine job too.That louche joint where McGovern attracts the attention of the murderer, where she plays pool with a couple of hairy apes, was shot at a bar in Carolina Beach, in North Carolina, not far from where I lived. The way the interior is set up, it's clear that this is supposed to be a dangerous and dirty dive. Actually it appears rather more elegant on screen than it did in reality.Overall, this is Hitchcock territory and it brings tears to the eyes to imagine what he would have done with this story.