Alfred Hitchcock Presents : The Landlady (1961)
Directed by Paul Henreid
Genres - Drama |
Sub-Genres - Anthology Series [TV] |
Run Time - 30 min. |
Countries - United States |
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
New in town, bank clerk Billy Weaver (Dean Stockwell) rents a room from a slightly daffy old woman (Patricia Collinge). After a few days, Billy begins to wonder why he never sees any of the lady's other tenants. While he doesn't get any answers right away, he does find out that his landlady is rather fond of stuffed domestic animals -- and exotic beverages. This merrily macabre episode was given the full "Hitchcock" treatment by both its original author Roald Dahl and its adaptor Robert Bloch.