A man of devilish charm and enterprising spirit Dougal Douglas is employed torevitalize the ailing firm of Meadows Meade amp Grindley. He succeeds butnot quite ... » 

A man of devilish charm and enterprising spirit Dougal Douglas is employed torevitalize the ailing firm of Meadows Meade amp Grindley. He succeeds butnot quite in the way his employer intended. Strange things begin to happen asDougal exerts an uncanny influence on the inhabitants of Peckham Rye and bringslies tears blackmail and even murder into the lives of all he meets fromMiss Merle Coverdale head of the typing pool to Beauty the resident femmefatale and even Mr Druce the unsuspecting Managing Director himself. «