Susy Hendrix is a blind housewife who becomes the target of three con-men searching for the heroin hidden in a doll, which her husband Sam unwittingly transported as a favor to a woman who has since been murdered. “Roat”, the ringleader leads his companions into thinking that they are going to be rich and will get the heroin soon enough, but in the end he murders all of his partners after they outlive their usefulness.The trio try to convince Susy that her husband will be suspected of murdering the woman, and the only way to protect him is to give them the doll, which connects him to her. Little do the men know that Gloria, a little girl in the upstairs apartment, has stolen the doll after finding out it was not a gift for her.One of the men poses as Sergeant Carlino, a strange police detective, while another poses as Mike, an old friend of her husband dropping by for a visit. Susy relies on “Mike”, and he eventually begins to feel sympathy for her.Gloria returns and admits her theft of the doll, and Susy hides it. Susy contacts “Mike” to ask for help now that the doll is found. Gloria has been watching the nearby phone booth used by the con-men, and she alerts Susy that all three of the men she has been dealing with are tricking her. Susy sends Gloria to meet her husband on his way home from work, and begins planning to handle the intruders.
