A Frenchman un-intentionally assists an Englishman's wife in carrying out her husband's certain demise. The Englishman is a big game hunter who has a twin brother on the other side of the world (the USA). The twin who lives in the USA hates his brother because his brother inherited everything from his parents because he was born an hour ahead of him. At any rate, the Englishman's wife makes a simple request to the Frenchman (simply mail a letter). Unbeknownst to the Frenchman, this would help the twin in the USA pinpoint his brother's location, thus allowing him to deliver the dreadful "hand". This hand is just what it is, a hand, chopped of at the middle of the forearm and is dead, yet alive, and on a mission, to kill. Despite the Englishman's attempt to contain the hand (chains), the hand still manages to free itself...Will this hand succeed in killing the Englishman?