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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.
Mary puts the leg of lamb in the oven to cook and calls her friend Molly to cancel plans. She then goes to the store before returning to stage the scene for the police. Police Lieutenant Jack Noonan (Stone) arrives to handle the investigation, questioning Mary.
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.
Beverly never wavers in her mission to protect her nuclear family, even if it includes beating a neighbor to death with a leg of lamb and killing another woman for wearing white shoes after Labor Day.
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English film director. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of cinema. [1]
By ERIC SANDLER The seemingly psychotic clowns roaming the streets of California towns this past week are downright terrifying. Whether they were inspired by 'American Horror Story's' new Twisty ...
Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American television anthology series created, hosted and produced by Alfred Hitchcock, airing on CBS and NBC, alternately, between 1955 and 1965. It features dramas, thrillers, and mysteries. Between 1962 and 1965, it was renamed The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. Hitchcock himself directed only 17 episodes during its run.
For the best medium rare leg of lamb recipe, you want to take the lamb out of the oven when the internal temperature is at 120 degrees F and it will climb another 5 or 10 or so degrees as it sits ...