A research scientist from a small town in Pennsylvania doesn't return from a trip to Manhattan. His people hire Donald Sutherland, a private dick in that little burg, to track him down. A reticent guy, he does it anyway.

When he gets to the Big Apple, he discovers the missing fellow might have had a kinky thing going on with a high-class hooker named Bree (Jane Fonda). Despite the smooth moniker, she's spent some time in jail and wonders why a nice gal like herself is selling her body for a living. She is being stalked. Sutherland and Fonda hook up in their parallel quests of discovery.

So we have mystery, intrigue, psychology, a little T&A and an Oscar-winning performance by Ms. Jane. (Seems the Academy always is partial to women playing ladies of the night.)