Roald Dahl’s Tales of the Unexpected: The Landlady

Roald Dahl’s Tales of the Unexpected: The Landlady (1979)


  • Genre: Drama, Horror, Comedy, TV Movie
  • Release Date: 1979-04-21
  • Runtime: 0h 24min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Anglia Television
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
  • Director: Herbert Wise

Summary

The unnamed Landlady (Siobhan McKenna) is the titular main villainess from "The Landlady", episode 1.05 of Tales of The Unexpected (airdate April 21, 1979), based on the Roald Dahl short story of the same name. The episode begins with Billy Weaver (The main protagonist), arriving in Bath as part of a work trip. While there, he looks for accomdation, and sees a bed and breakfast sign in the window of a house. The unnamed woman then invites him in, claiming that a hotel he had been planning to stay at was booked out. Although finding the landlady's overly friendly demeanour off-putting, Billy decides to spend the night.

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  • Siobhán McKenna

    as The Landlady
  • Leonard Preston

    as Billy Weaver
  • Roald Dahl

    as Self
  • Anthony Dawes

    as Clergyman
  • John Bryant

    as Christopher Mulholland
  • Jess Davies

    as Gregory Temple
Production John Rosenberg Producer
Costume & Make-Up Jane Robinson Costume Design
Sound Terence Barker Sound Recordist
Writing Robin Chapman Writer
Crew Ian Craig Lighting Camera
Camera Richard Crafter Camera Operator
Sound Duncan Lamont Musician
Sound Ron Grainer Music
Directing Herbert Wise Director
Production Jenia Reissar Casting Assistant
Production John Woolf Executive Producer
Writing Roald Dahl Writer
Editing Michael O'Halloran Editor
Art Jane Martin Production Design

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