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Lamb to the Slaughter" is a 1954 short story by Roald Dahl. It was initially rejected, along with four other stories, by The New Yorker, but was published in Harper's Magazine in September 1953. [1] It was adapted for an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents (AHP) that starred Barbara Bel Geddes and Harold J. Stone.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American television anthology ... In 2009 TV Guide ' s list of "100 Greatest Episodes of All Time" ranked "Lamb to the Slaughter" at ...
There are ten lists of episodes of the 1955–1962 television series Alfred Hitchcock Presents and the 1962–1965 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, split by season: Alfred Hitchcock Presents season 1, 1955–56; Alfred Hitchcock Presents season 2, 1956–57; Alfred Hitchcock Presents season 3, 1957–58; Alfred Hitchcock Presents season 4, 1958–59
Alfred Hitchcock Presents aired 39 episodes during its third season from 1957 to 1958, though only 38 were broadcast. Alfred Hitchcock Presents was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Best Dramatic Anthology Series at the 10th Primetime Emmy Awards on April 15, 1958.
Bel Geddes found new opportunity in television when she was cast in four episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, including "Lamb to the Slaughter", in which she played a housewife who killed her husband by bludgeoning him to death with a frozen leg of lamb, cooking the murder weapon, and then serving it to the investigating police.
The Specialty of the House is a rare but popular lamb dish, and all visitors must eat the same meal, as there are no menus. Laffler outlines the club obsessiveness with the lamb and states his determined intent to become a full member. The owner Spirro (Spivy), who also prepares the lamb, introduces herself, and invites Costain to attend anytime.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: "Lamb to the Slaughter" – Alfred Hitchcock (CBS) General Electric Theater: "Kid at the Stick" – James Neilson (CBS) General Electric Theater: "One Is a Wanderer" – Herschel Daugherty (CBS) Peter Gunn: "The Kill" – Blake Edwards (NBC)
1958 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (Season 3 Episode 17: "The Motive") as Plain Clothes Policeman; 1958 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (Season 3 Episode 28: "Lamb to the Slaughter") as Mike the Policeman Assistant; 1958 South Pacific as Stewpot; 1959 The Shaggy Dog as FBI Agent (uncredited) 1959 Attack of the Giant Leeches as Steve Benton