A deranged writer murders a maid after she resists his advances. The writer engages his brother's help in hiding the body, and then watches as the brother becomes the prime suspect....

威拉德是一个性格孤僻内向,不善与人沟通的小公司职员,家门外的生活对他来说只能是一团糟.反映迟钝,笨手笨脚,使他成为公司同事们的笑柄.尽管偶尔可以换来女士怜悯的眼光,但老板与同事们的嘲笑和排挤已将威拉德与社会愈推愈远.如此残酷的生活现实令威拉德更为珍惜自己唯一的'朋友'- -两只智力过人分别名叫本和苏格拉底的老鼠. 　　或许几只小小的老鼠在常人眼中看起来只是一件不起眼甚至略带恶心的小...