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ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS: LAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER (TV)

Summary

One in this dramatic anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock. In this drama, police chief Pat Maloney comes home to his pregnant wife, Mary, with the news that he is leaving her for another woman. Mary responds by striking her husband on the head with the dinner she had planned, a frozen leg of lamb. When the police arrive on the scene, Mary feeds them more than just misinformation. Commercials deleted.

Details

  • NETWORK: CBS
  • DATE: April 13, 1958 Sunday 9:30 PM
  • RUNNING TIME: 0:24:26
  • COLOR/B&W: B&W
  • CATALOG ID: T83:0174
  • GENRE: Drama, mystery/suspense
  • SUBJECT HEADING: Drama, mystery/suspense
  • SERIES RUN: CBS - TV series, 1955-1960; 1962-1964 / NBC - 1960-1962; 1964-1965
  • COMMERCIALS: N/A

CREDITS

  • Joan Harrison … Producer
  • Norman Lloyd … Associate Producer
  • Alfred Hitchcock … Director, Host
  • Roald Dahl … Writer
  • Barbara Bel Geddes … Cast, Mary
  • Harold J. Stone … Cast, Lt. Noonan
  • Allan Lane … Cast, Pat
  • Ken Clark … Cast, Mike, Policeman Assistant
  • Robert C. Ross … Cast, Forensic Doctor
  • William Keane … Cast, Fingerprint Policeman
  • Tom Wilde … Cast, Photographer Policeman
  • Otto Waldis … Cast, Sam
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