 The urban aspirant photographer Joanna Eberhart ( Katharine Ross (I)  (qv)) moves from Manhattan to Stepford, Connecticut, Massachussets with her family. Her husband Walter Eberhart ( Peter Masterson (I)  (qv)) decided to live in a calm suburb, but Joanna did not like the neighborhood with beautiful and perfect housewives. She becomes friend of Bobbie Markowe ( Paula Prentiss  (qv)) and Charmaine Wimperis ( Tina Louise  (qv)), and when they change their behaviors and viewpoints, Joanna discloses a dark secret in the place: the women are being replaced by robots. Joanna tries to escape with her children to a safer place.