Lamb to the Slaughter
When her policeman husband Patrick callously announces that he is leaving her, Mary Marney hits and kills him with the frozen leg of lamb she has bought for their dinner. Thinking quickly, she calls his colleagues, claiming that s...
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"You are dealing here with another top episode of this marvelous tv show from the late seventies, nearly twenty years after ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS anthology series from the early sixties. From the very beginning, you are glued to it, it is so riveting. But it is strangely told on a flashback scheme, not that usual in anthology series; at least for this one, that's the first time it occurs. You already know the plot, in the Agatha Christie mode, but without the mystery element. The last part and ending are outrageously outstanding. So delightful. Watch by yourself and you won't regr..."
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Remake of Lamb to the Slaughter (1958), also written by Roald Dahl. In the original the Susan George character was played by Barbara Bel Geddes.
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When her policeman husband Patrick callously announces that he is leaving her, Mary Marney hits and kills him with the frozen leg of lamb she has bought for their dinner. Thinking quickly, she calls his colleagues, claiming that s...