Michael Marler, a ruthless and successful businessman in London returns to his hometown of Liverpool to avenge the death of his father. Excellent melodrama about a man disgusted with both bourgeois and working-class values. It features a towering performance from Williamson.Michael Marler, a successful business man in London, is about to make his way to the top. The death of his father brings him - after 37 years - back to his hometown Liverpool, where he is confronted with his lost Irish roots. He finds out that his father died because of a fight with some anglo-saxon teddy boys. It becomes "a matter of honour" for him, to take his revenge without involving the British police.