Aston(RobertShaw),aquiet,reservedman,livesaloneinatop-floorclutteredroomofasmallabandonedhouseinapoorLondondistrict.HebefriendsandtakesinMacDavies(DonaldPleasence),anoldderelictwhohasbeenfiredfromamenialjobinacafé.IntimeAstonoffershimajobascaretakerofthehouse.Aston’sbrother,Mick(AlanBates)-ataunting,quasi-sadist-harassesthederelictwhenhisbrotherisaway,countermandinghisorders.EventuallyAston,himselfirritatedbythecantankerousoldman,putshimout.

精选短评：品特很有代表性的劇作,拍成電影藉由光線運用更能突顯人物心理狀態.三個怪人和一間破房的故事,透過對白,刻劃鮮明的角色性格,滑稽,可笑,做作,乖僻,狡詐.最討人厭的角色非流浪漢老頭莫屬!