Publicist Alyssa Banks thinks she's in a fairytale when she meets a British prince who whisks her away to Europe. However, Alyssa's dream quickly turns into a nightmare when the volatile prince refuses to let her leave his family's estate....
The lady is Mrs. Hilyard, a wealthy poetess who lives in a three-story city mansion and her cage is her elevator, which stops a dozen feet short of the main floor due to an electrical failure on a July 4th weekend. She rings her outside alarm, eventually noticed by a drunken derelict, who breaks into the house, ignores her plight and helps himself to various items and alcohol. ......