简介：Duringathunderstorm,JohnChanning,(MiltonParsons),adark-eyedmaniac,escapesfromanasylumafteratenyearincarcerationandmakeshiswayunderthecoverofdarknesstotheChanningestate.TherehemeetshissisterLarindaChanningwhowasresponsibleforhisescapesothathecanhelpherinaplantotestthegreedofhermoney-grubbingrelativeswhoshehasinvitedtothemansionfortheweekend.WithobviousgleeJohnposesasMartinthebutlerwhentherelativesaretoldthatLarindahasdiedandthathersecretaryMaryWingfieldisthesoleheirtotheestate.Withhiseyesrolling,thebutlerexclaims"Idolikesharpedges,there'snothingmorefascinatingthanascalpel.Itcuts...soquickly,sosilently,sodeeply...whichremindsme.I'mgoingtobeasurgeon..."…