Alfred Hitchcock Presents - The Landlady
Introduction
"The Landlady" was originally broadcast on 21/Feb/1961 as part of the sixth season of Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
The story was later refilmed for Roald Dahl's UK TV series "Tales of the Unexpected".
Synopsis
Billy Weaver gets a room at an unusual boarding house. The landlady claims that there are other tenants in the building, but Billy never sees anyone. Later, the landlady invites him over for tea. He comments about a stuffed bird and the landlady tells him that she stuffs all her pets after the die. Billy later realizes that his drink has been poisoned and that he is about to join the landlady's collection. (TV.com)
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Cast and Crew
Directed by:
Produced by:
- Joan Harrison - producer
- Norman Lloyd - associate producer
Written by:
- Robert Bloch - teleplay
- Roald Dahl - writer
Starring:
- Alfred Hitchcock — cast: Host
- Dean Stockwell — cast: Billy Weaver
- Patricia Collinge — cast: The Landlady
- Laurie Main — cast: Wilkins
- George Pelling — cast: Bert
- Barry Harvey — cast: Tom
- Burt Mustin — cast: Old man playing darts
- Jill Livesey — cast: Rosie
Cinematography by:
- Neal Beckner - director of photography
Edited by:
