While visiting her friend Marjorie Attfield, Miss Marple learns that her son Bobby had recently found a body, identified as a Mr. Pritchard, on the cliff side. He's received a letter asking him ...

镜头聚焦在一个名叫巴德（Leigh McCormack 饰）的男孩身上，巴德很早就失去了父亲，和母亲（Marjorie Yates 饰）以及哥哥一起过着相依为命的生爱情就像一场游戏，谁认真谁就输了。。整个童年时代在巴德的回忆里都笼罩在孤独和寂寞之中，在学校里，他一个人上课，一个人发呆，一个人回家，还要是不是的提防班上强壮的男生对他的威胁和嘲笑。　　回家后，巴德也总是一个人待着，母亲建议他多和朋友们...