From war-torn Burma to the asphalt jungles of the big city -- his revenge was the crime of the century!
During World War II, a group of British soldiers are captured by the Japanese, tortured and their hands are cut off. Years later, a mad killer terrorizes London by cutting off the hands of his victims.
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