伦敦数名医学博士接二连三的诡异惨死引起了警方的重视。经过调查Trout督查发现这几名死者的致死手法都出自于埃及十灾的典故，而他们的唯一共同点是都曾和Vesalius博士在一次失败的手术中共事过。而手术中意外死去病人的丈夫Anton Phibes博士成为了最大的嫌犯，但Vesalius博士却告诉Trout督查Anton Phibes博士却早已在车祸中丧生……

In the not too distant future, a very smoggy and overpopulated Earth government makes it illegal to have children for a generation. One couple, unsatisfied with their substitute robot baby, breaks the rules and gets in a lot of trouble. (Z.P.G. stands for Zero Population Growth).

Father Brown tries to transport a historically important cross to Rome engaging in battles of wits and faith with a thief and pursuing policeman. The thief, named Flambeau (Finch), is a master of disguise and is elusive, as Father Brown pursues him and tries to convince him to abandon his criminal career.　　During the making of the film, Alec Guinness was mistaken by a small boy for an actual priest. This episode appears to have played a part in Guinness's later conversion to Roman Catholicism.

著名糖果商威利·旺克（吉恩·怀尔德 Gene Wilder 饰）公布了一条让世界震惊的喜讯，他将挑选五名幸运儿参观自己的糖果厂，其中一人将成为终身享用“旺克巧克力”特权的人。出身贫寒的小男孩查理·毕奇（彼得·奥斯图姆 Peter Ostrum 饰）幸运的成为了第五位人选。从小吃不到糖果的查理欣喜若狂，满怀期待的他带上了自己的爷爷乔（杰克·艾伯森 Jack Albertson 饰），开始了这段甜蜜的神奇之旅。而一位邪恶的陌生人正在蛊惑孩子们，谁能为他偷来糖果，就会让谁富有起来。旺克带领孩子们畅游着神奇的糖果厂，然而面对糖果的诱惑，其他四个孩子都接二连三的不见了，最后只剩下查理和他的爷爷乔。 　　本片根据罗尔德·达尔的同名小说改编而成，荣获英国第四频道评选的“最优秀的家庭电影”第八名。