Lamb to the slaughter. Case of Mr. Pelham. Banquo's chair. Back for Christmas.
Notes:
1st episode: Barbara Bel Geddes, Harold J. Stone; 2nd episode: Tom Ewell, Raymond Bailey; 3rd episode: John Williams, Kenneth Haigh, Reginald Gardiner; 4th episode: John Williams, Isabel Elsom. The case of Mr. Pelham based on a story by Anthony Armstrong ; Banquo's chair based on a story by Rupert Croft-Cooke ; Lamb to the slaughter based on a story by Roald Dahl ; Back for Christmas based on a story by John Collier. Originally produced as a television programs, 1955-1959.
Contents:
Lamb to the slaughter / teleplay by Roald Dahl (c1958) -- The case of Mr. Pelham / teleplay by Francis Cockrell (c1955) -- Banquo's chair / teleplay by Francis Cockrell (c1959) -- Back for Christmas / teleplay by Francis Cockrell (c1956).
Summary:
"In four riveting episodes from [Alfred Hitchcock's] signature television series, a suburban housewife cooks up a special surprise for her philandering husband; a man develops a split personality and one of them has got to go; a ghostly dinner party reveals a murderer; and a beleaguered husband plots the demise of a nagging wife"--Program notes.
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