Christopher Gill is a psychotic killer who disguises himself in various ways to trick and strangle his victims. Moe Brummel is a single and harassed New York City police detective who begins receiving phone calls from the strangler and forms an odd alliance as a result. Kate Palmer is a swinging, hip tour guide who sees the strangler leave her dead neighbor's apartment and decides to pursue the detective. Moe's live-in mother wishes her son would follow in the footsteps of his older brother, who is a successful Jewish doctor.