 In 1945, 21-year-old Truman Capote wrote the harrowing short story  Miriam  which won the O. Henry Award for Best First-Published Story and launched his career. This film is a faithful adaptation of that tale starring Marian Seldes. Mrs. Miller (Marian Seldes) is an elderly widow living a quiet and lonely existence in her Manhattan apartment. One day, during a rare journey outside, she meets a precocious little girl who later appears at her door demanding to come in. As the story unfolds, little Miriam s behavior becomes more shocking and impertinent as Mrs. Miller becomes increasingly frightened by her.?  Miriam  is a tale of a woman whose mundane existence becomes exciting and disturbing as she discovers the truth about  Miriam. 