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　　Aston (Robert Shaw), a quiet, reserved man, lives alone in a top-floor cluttered room of a small abandoned house in a poor London district. He befriends and takes in Mac Davies (Donald Pleasence)天天乐影院, an old derelict who has been fired from a menial job in a café. In time Aston offers him a job as caretaker of the house. Aston's brother, Mick (Alan Bates) - a taunting, quasi-sadist - harasses the derelict when his brother is away, countermanding his orders. Eventually Aston, himself irritated by the cantankerous old man, puts him out.

　　In 1828 Scotland, Edinburgh surgeon Dr. Knox does medical research on cadavers he buys from murderers与充气仿真娃娃实战 Burke and Hare, without questioning the unethical procurement methods.