故事讲述一位挪威裔神秘男子，让碰到自己的少年突然自燃，并被控谋杀罪名。在接受审问之前，一位心理医师惊人发现，他竟然拥有无法控制的超自然能力，而这股力量可能来自于北欧神话，于是她决定帮助这位神秘男子逃狱，一同踏上寻找真相的旅途。

This article is about the American filmmaker. For the American publisher and writer, see Larry N.Jordan. Larry Jordan is an independen t filmmaker who has been working in the Bay Area in California since 1955, and making films since 1952. He has produced some 40 experimental and animation films, and three feature-length dramatic films. He is most widely known for his animated collage films. In 1970 he received a Guggenheim Fellowship to make Sacred Art of Tibet. His animation has shown by invitation at the Cannes Film Festival. Jordan is one of the founding directors of Canyon Cinema Cooperative. He has shown films and lectured throughout the country. He is presently chairman of the film department at the San Francisco Art Institute.

《一板之隔》（1952年）以后，朱石麟改编话剧《风雨牛车水》，继续刻画五十年代香港一屋多户的板间房生活。因为物质匮乏，几家人同屋共住好比群雄割据，一天到晚为了贮水、做饭、晾衫、交电费等小事闹得鸡犬不宁；当中有人连亲人也出卖，有人偷却偷得有尊严。对白的刻薄与针锋相对连连制造喜剧效果，人物处境又流露生活逼人的辛酸。朱石麟将狭小的空间与纷扰的人事处理得层次分明，烦琐小事此起彼落又环环相扣。最后一场小火令众人互相扶持，人性的自私自利，到底盖不过人情味。

故事发生在民国时期，楚楚动人的医学院女毕业生尚华来到著名医学教授柯克恩所在的别墅应聘助手职务，谁知当她走进实验室时，却被眼前的一幕吓得失声大叫，惊慌失措。原来实验台上有一颗女性人头，而且人头仿佛具有生命一般。尚华接受了教授禁止讨论这里一切的要求，成为柯克恩团队的一名成员。那颗人头的主人名叫罗美娜，曾是一个红极一时的舞女，却最终被人残忍杀害。教授利用自己先进的医疗技术将其复活，并四下打听准备为罗美娜匹配一具合适的身体。最终实验终于获得成功，重新复活的罗美娜站了起来，而她也瞅准时机跑出了实验室……