Lamb to the Slaughter
- Episode aired Apr 13, 1958
- TV-14
- 30m
After Mary Maloney's police chief husband is murdered, the police investigate but have a hard time figuring out the murder weapon.After Mary Maloney's police chief husband is murdered, the police investigate but have a hard time figuring out the murder weapon.After Mary Maloney's police chief husband is murdered, the police investigate but have a hard time figuring out the murder weapon.
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIn the following season's offering Cheap Is Cheap (1959), a hit man describes having seen this TV program, and thinks it was a good way to bump someone off.
- GoofsWhen Mary lifts the leg of lamb, she does it quite easily as if it doesn't weigh much although a murder club would be rather heavy.
- Quotes
[introduction, Hitchcock is in a supermarket where a cop gives him a ticket and walks off camera]
Alfred Hitchcock: He gave me this ticket for blocking an aisle during the rush hour. I don't understand. I was in the slow lane. I just stopped a moment at the condiment shelf where the store's have a get-acquainted sale on 'Low Calorie Calories'. Tonight's play is not unrelated to this milieu. It is called "Lamb to the Slaughter", but before we see it, the store has asked that I direct your attention to their very best bargain.
[commercial break]
- ConnectionsFeatured in TV Guide's Top 100 Episodes of All Time (2009)
- SoundtracksFuneral March of a Marionette
Written by Charles Gounod
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- Jan 2, 2012
Details
- Runtime30 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1