In the same vein as Cain and Abel, here we have two brothers, one a renegade cop and the other a murderer with a taste for little boys. The brothers come to blows, from which only one can walk away.
Jack Palance incorpora el doble papel del apacible Doctor Jeckyll, cuyos experimentos le transforman en el brutal Mr. Hyde. El clásico de Robert Louise Stevenson describe fielmente la espantosa doble vida del científico que asesina a jóvenes muchachas por la noche.
Two years of deterioration sees John and Barbara Lomax's marriage reduced to bitter sniping and "keeping up appearances" for the sake of the children. When John's old friend Bill professes his love for Barbara, the marriage finally breaks up – causing their three children to react in different ways and their son secretly determined to do Bill harm.