刚毕业的医学院学生保本（加山雄三 Yuzo Kayama 饰），在父亲的介绍下，来到穷乡僻壤的小石川诊所实习。他的老师是一位被称作红胡子（三船敏郎 Toshiro Mifune 饰）的古怪医师。起初，向往长崎的保本对这个贫民窟厌恶之极，并迁怒于红胡子，觉得自己受骗上当，无用武之地。红胡子是这里远近闻名的杏林高手，他没有对保本提什么要求，而是默默地行医，不畏权贵，不计酬劳，手下治愈的病人不计其数，其中包括因受虐精神失常的少妇（香川京子 Kyôko Kagawa 饰），因酗酒导致半身麻木的醉汉，因被贩卖至青楼身患性病的雏妓等等。在协助红胡子救死扶伤的过程中，保本逐渐发现了医德的重要，并修正了自己的人生态度……

邓小龙（许冠英 饰）从小就为人正直、乐于助人，他的志愿就是长大了能当一名除暴安良的好警察。无奈天意弄人，他因身材矮小，而且天生色盲，于是被警局拒之了门外，他只好去保安公司当了一名护卫员。保安主管周世昌（许冠文 饰）是一名老油条，为人尖酸刻薄、贪生怕死。下属阿Sam（许冠杰 饰）一早就看他不顺眼，只是有冤无处申。这次，公司的太子王平凡从国外留学回来，假扮保安混进了公司考察情况。不久阿Sam和小龙就因工作出色而获得提拔，而周世昌却被剥夺了主管之位降职任用，还有几个月就可以退休享受的他会为了退休金忍下这口恶气还是会另有所谋？

It's 1846. Sweeney Todd and Anthony Hope, greeted only by a crazed beggar woman, sail into London, where Todd implies he has been before but not in quite some time. Todd heads to his old stomping grounds of Fleet Street, where he runs across the pie shop belonging to Mrs. Nellie Lovett, who professes to make the worst meat pies in London due to the high cost of meat. The upstairs of her building has sat empty since no one wants to rent a space that is considered haunted by its long ago tenant, barber Benjamin Barker who was falsely accused and ultimately sentenced by the sadistic Judge Turpin and who was shipped away to prison in Australia, leaving his wife Lucy and infant daughter Johanna alone in the world. Todd comes to an agreement with Mrs. Lovett to rent the upstairs of her building so that he can open his own barber shop. A series of incidents, including one with rival barber Senor Pirelli, make Todd change his focus slightly away from having a choice encounter with Judge ... Written by Huggo

小镇沉闷的空气令受过高等教育的Charlie（Teresa Wright）十分压抑，她渴望在外谋大事、自己喜爱和崇敬的Uncle Charlie（Joseph Cotten）能突然出现，为自己的生活注入一缕新风。Charlie欲发电报邀请舅舅来做客时，竟先收到他发来的要来的报文，惊喜之外，她对舅舅的爱又加深一层。Uncle Charlie的到来令Charlie及父母非常兴奋，但酷爱读书的妹妹无动于衷。不久Charlie如沐春风变作无忧无虑的少女。两个自称报社记者的陌生人有心将Charlie一家当作典型美国家庭采访，Uncle Charlie为此事大发雷霆相当失态，令Charlie和母亲大为不解。而同其中之一Herbie Hawkins（Hume Cronyn）交谈中，Charlie震惊地听闻有关舅舅的骇人秘密。