本片讲述了，在30年代的美国，一个谋杀儿童的连环杀手AlbertFish的故事。AsolidthrilleraboutAlbertFish(averyfineperformancebyPatrickBauchau),thereallifeserialkillerofchildrenin1930'sAmerica.Fishseemedaharmlessoldman,butin1934hewasarrestedasthemurdererofseveralmissingchildrenhesomehowdupedtheirfamiliesintoleavinghimwith(usinganassumednamethroughout).Partcharacterstudyandpartdetectiveprocedural,TheGrayManwiselyavoidsgraphichorrorandsensationalism(Fish'smurders,forinstance,arenevershownoncamera),andwhileitisratherconventional,itisneverthelessquitechillingnonethelessanditshowsadirectorwithaverykeensenseofstorytelling.