Kubrick's earth odyssey of one of the toughs is a bitter tale, spiked with irony and sarcasm. We first meet the tale's narrator in an ultrapornographic milk bar. He's wearing false eye lashes (on one eye), and, like his fellow Cockney raiders, a Chaplin bowler. The night raiders may look like Picasso clowns but the games they play are deadly. Driving down a country road, they spot a lighted sign that reads quite simply: HOME. Gaining entrance, they beat up the man of the house (Patrick Magee) and with their leader doing a rousing rendition of "Singin' in the Rain," they rape his wife. Alex, as he is called, is finally arrested for committing another indescribably sick crime. "This is the weepy-tragic part of the story," Alex warns as he becomes prisoner "no. 6-double 5 -231."