Film

Roald Dahl’s Tales of the Unexpected: The Landlady

1979 · 24m · Drama · Horror · Comedy

IMDb

7.2

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.

Siobhán McKenna

The Landlady

Leonard Preston

Billy Weaver

Roald Dahl

Self

Anthony Dawes

Clergyman

John Bryant

Christopher Mulholland

Jess Davies

Gregory Temple

• Herbert WiseDirector
• Roald DahlWriter
• Robin ChapmanWriter
• John RosenbergProducer
• John WoolfExecutive Producer
• Michael O'HalloranEditor

Release date

April 21, 1979

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

24m

Genres

Drama, Horror, Comedy, TV Movie