Arthur (Graham Chapman), a happily married man, becomes suicidal when his wife suddenly leaves him. Failing miserably to do the deed himself, he enlists the services of a strange handyman (BAFTA-winner Sir David Jason) to kill him instead. But when Arthur's wife decides to come back, Arthur discovers that his homicidal hire has every intention of finishing the job.
Arthur (Graham Chapman), a happily married man, becomes suicidal when his wife suddenly leaves him. Failing miserably to do the deed himself, he enlists the services of a strange handyman (BAFTA-winner Sir David Jason) to kill him instead. But when Arthur's wife decides to come back, Arthur discovers that his homicidal hire has every intention of finishing the job.