简介：DesiusHeissistheFrench-bornownerofanantiqueshoponSlyCornerwhobearsagrudgeagainstsociety.HisimprisonmentandtortueonDevil'sIslandhaslefthimwithscarsdownhisbackfromrepeatedwhippings.Withlittlecarefortheauthorities,Heisshasallowedhisshoptobecomeacenterofcriminalactivityandenjoysasecretcareerasareceiverofstolengoods.Hisdaughter,Margaret,isaviolinvirtuosoandknowsnothingofherfather'scriminalactivities.Butwhentheantiqueshop'sassistant,ArchieFellowes,discoverstheillicittradeinstolengoods,hethreatenstoblackmailHeiss.Desperatetokeephiscriminalactivitiesasecretfromhisdauther,Heissdecidestosilencetheblackmailer.ButwhenInspectorRobsontakesacloseinterestintheshopatSlyCorner,Heissmuststayonestepaheadofthepoliceifhevalueshisneck.…