 Helen Parch shares a party line telephone with several others. She like to talk on the phone quite a bit but also listens in on others. She s warned by the police one day that a Mr. Miller, with whom she once shared the party line, has broken out of prison and that her life may be in danger. Years before, Miller needed to contact a doctor when his wife was ill and Helen refused to get off the line. Miller s wife died and he turned to a life of crime. Now he may be after Helen.