一个年轻的拿破仑军官追踪一个神秘的女人而来到一个年迈男爵的城堡,在那里他发现这个女人是听命于一个老巫婆,其最终目的是迫使男爵自杀……
Roger directed for two days on a set left over from a previous production, and without a proper script. He hired Francis Coppola to write a script and finish the picture. After five weeks of shooting, Roger fired Francis, and hired me to finish the picture. Jack Hill was hired to write a new script with me. A lot of what Francis shot was thrown out, except for the stuff with the witch from WIZARD OF OZ. (Dorothy Newman), and I finished the picture in five days of shooting. All of the interiors are Roger's (with the exception of Francis's witch's lair), and most of the exteriors are mine. To the best of my recollection, and contrary to legend, Jack Nicholson did not direct any of the film.。《人猴大裂变》讲述了在改革大潮冲击下,耍猴人沙高一家及青年振平走街串巷,以此维持生计并憧憬着有朝一日发家致富。为了招来观众,他们想出了人猴搏击的招数,结果自食其果,以悲剧告终。
以耍猴为生的沙高请来村民振平为他逮猴,振平为此摔断了腿,振平的伤好以后,他和沙高决定在猴戏中增加“人猴大战”的新节目。在“人猴大战”的表演中,两人确实挣了不少钱,但振平的妻子荀儿看不惯沙高把振平当猴耍,两人争吵起来。在又一场表演中,精疲力竭的振平被猴群打得怎么也爬不起来,荀儿自己上场,任凭猴子的欺负。振平知道了荀儿希望自己活得像个人的良苦用心,选择离开了沙高,并和荀儿一起将猴子放归森林。。