A Woman Under the Influence

Los Angeles housewife and mother Mabel loves her husband Nick and desperately wants to please him. But the strange mannerisms and increasingly odd behavior she displays while in the company of others has him concerned. Convinced she has become a threat to herself and others, he reluctantly commits her to an institution, where she undergoes treatment for six months. After six months Mabel returns home but she is not prepared to do so emotionally or mentally.