该片是由Clive,Donner执导的剧情片,于1963年上映，主要讲述了:Aston. (Robert Shaw), a qui.et, reserved man, liv.es alone in a top-floor clu.ttered ro.om of a smal.l abandoned house in a p.oor Lo.ndo.n district. He befriends. and takes in Mac Davies. (Donald Pleasence), an .old derelict. who has been fired f.rom a menial job in a. café. In time Aston offers. him a jo.b as caretak.er of the house. Aston's. broth.er,. Mick (Alan Bates) - a t.aunting, quasi-sadist - .harasses the derelict wh.en his broth.er is away, counterma.nding his orders. Eve.ntually Aston, himself irri.tated by .the cantanke.rous old man, puts him o.ut.