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

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

  • Production country: United Kingdom
  • Producer: Herbert Wise
  • Production companies: Anglia Television, ITV
  • Genre: Drama, Horror, Comedy, TV Movie
  • Release date: 4/21/1979
  • Run time: 24 min.

Movie description

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

Siobhán McKenna

Role(s): The Landlady

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Leonard Preston

Leonard Preston

Role(s): Billy Weaver

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Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl

Role(s): Self

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Anthony Dawes

Anthony Dawes

Role(s): Clergyman

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John Bryant

John Bryant

Role(s): Christopher Mulholland

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