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This collection of bizarre, macabre, sinister and amusing stories, each with a twist in the tail, showcases the wit and skill of writers such as Ruth Rendell, Jeffrey Archer, C S Forester, W Somerset Maugham and the master storyteller himself, Roald Dahl.

Horror · 1979년 · 24분

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The Man from the South

The flamboyant stranger (JOSE FERRER) goads a young sailor (MICHAEL ONTKEAN) into taking a frightening bet while on holiday in Jamaica. The stakes are high. He could win an expensive car or lose a finger. What will be the outcome of this gruesome gamble, and who is the mysterious woman (KATY JURADO) with a macabre secret?

23분 · 1979년 3월 24일
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Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat

Unable to show her dentist husband Cyril the fur coat her lover has given her Mrs. Bixby pawns it and pretends that she found the ticket. She gives it to Cyril to redeem on her behalf but is taught that two can play at her game when he comes home with rather less than she expected, and she sees that his dental assistant will be warm for the winter.

23분 · 1979년 3월 31일
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William and Mary

Mary (ELAINE STRITCH) is the bossed and bullied wife of William (JIMMY MAC), a brilliant but dominating academic. Even after his death he plans to dominate her life by persuading an eminent neurosurgeon (MARIUS GORING) to perform a macabre and sensational experiment. But Mary is determined to hold on to her freedom.

24분 · 1979년 4월 7일
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Lamb to the Slaughter

A distraught pregnant wife (SUSAN GEORGE) arrives home to find her policeman husband strangely murdered. A colleague (BRIAN BLESSED) called in to investigate the killing is baffled. What mysterious weapon did the killer use to batter in the dead man's skull? And why can't it be found?

24분 · 1979년 4월 14일
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The Landlady

Arriving in Bath to take up his first job away from home young Billy Weaver decides to take a room with a charmingly maternal if eccentric landlady.

24분 · 1979년 4월 21일
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Neck

Invited to a weekend house party by Sir Basil Turton and his younger wife Natalia, John Bannister is struck by the lady's infidelity. She tries to undo his pyjamas and is plainly having an affair with another guest Major Haddock. Jelks, Sir Basil's loyal butler, has also noticed and when Natalia gets her head stuck in an abstract sculpture he knows precisely how to cut her down to size.

23분 · 1979년 4월 28일

Ron Grainer

Music
Roald Dahl

Creator