For ten years, The Terror has laughed at both police and public. And for ten years, two of his erstwhile associates, Joe Conner and 'Soapy' Marks, have plotted revenge on the mastermind whose double-crossing sent them to Dartmoor prison without their share of the bullion stolen in a daring raid.

Barney O'Hara (Will Mahoney) and his young daughter Pat (Jean Hatton) tour the carnival circuit with a side show act, but when Pat is asked to sing at a party being given by a wealthy land-owner, her voice fails.

宁静的小村里，人们突然纷纷收到匿名信，信中传递着半真半假的小道消息和村里人的绯闻。祥和的村庄开始不平静，人们疑神疑鬼，互相猜忌，他们把这些信称为毒笔写出的读信。无辜的女孩康妮不堪村里众人无端指责，自杀身亡。就在警察办案过程中，一向嫉妒心很强的山姆借酒劲杀了无辜的杂货店老板伦恩。大家都在盼着水落石出的一天... 影片改编自英国作家、剧作家理查德·卢埃林的剧作《毒笔：三幕戏剧》。本剧于1937年在伦敦上演，随后转战伦敦西区，到1938年10月结束时共演出176场。这是卢埃林在他最著名的两部小说《青山翠谷》《寂寞芳心》出版之前的作品。上述两部小说也同样被改编为电影。1939年，毒笔被改编为电影，选了新的演员担任主演。 【拖延症字幕组】