Two live store window mannequins witness a murder late at night.
Harry and Daphne meet at their job: Standing in a shop's window as living dolls, they spend several hours per day without moving and if they move (flinch), they will loose their job. One evening, they witness a murder being committed in front of the window, but when they go to the police, no one believes them. The murderer is now on their trail, though...—Thomas Meyer <i03a@zfn.uni-bremen.de>
The aspiring actress Daphne and the aspiring lawyer Harry Mirapolsky work in a department store window as live mannequins to survive. Daphne is financially supported by her boyfriend William that neglects her, and Harry that failed three times in the examination to the Bar Association has a non-requited crush on her. One night, the unfaithful William blew Daphne off and she breaks with him. Harry invites her to go to the store to spend the night partying. They accidentally witness the artist Miles Raymond killing his model in his car and they go to the police to report the murder. They are attended by Detective "Bat" Fowler that studied with Harry and he does not believe on them. He conducts a superficial investigation and does not arrest Miles. Daphne and Harry decide to quit their job and she moves to his apartment. Meanwhile Miles mistakenly kills Daphne's replacement in the window. Soon they discover that the killer is hunting them down and they need to so something to protect themselves.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Flinch is a 1994 American Psychological thriller When a pair of moonlighting "live mannequins" witness an artist committing murder, they'll be next if they flinch. Daphne (Gina Gershon) and Harry (Judd Nelson) must protect themselves from the murderer and prove that the murder took place.—Gino Esposito