Tales of the Unexpected
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1『The Man from the South』
1『The Man from the South』
A young American couple on holiday meet a mysterious old gentleman who makes them a macabre wager.
2『Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat』
2『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.
3『William and Mary』
3『William and Mary』
When her husband William dies Mary Pearl is shocked that his will stipulates that his brain should be kept alive and observing her from the lounge sideboard. She determines that, even though he is dead, she will continue to annoy him.
4『Lamb to the Slaughter』
4『Lamb to the Slaughter』
When her policeman husband Patrick callously announces that he is leaving her, Mary Marney hits and kills him with the frozen leg of lamb she has bought for their dinner. Thinking quickly, she calls his colleagues, claiming that she came in from the shops and found him dead. Whilst they speculate over what kind of weapon killed him she considers how to dispose of the evidence.
5『The Landlady』
5『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. Her dog and cat are both stuffed and the only other names in her guest-book seem vaguely familiar to him from the newspaper but he cannot think why. Sadly he will never find out the landlady has other plans for him...
6『Neck』
6『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.
7『Edward the Conqueror』
7『Edward the Conqueror』
A musically appreciative stray cat comes between an elderly husband and wife.
8『A Dip in the Pool』
8『A Dip in the Pool』
An American gambler on a trans-Atlantic liner goes into the pool that bets on how far ship sails each day. Expecting bad weather, he bets a low distance, but then the weather fines up. He must come up with a plan to slow the ship down.
9『The Way Up to Heaven』
9『The Way Up to Heaven』
A husband and wife are add odds with each other over punctuality. Could an opportunity arise to resolve their differences?
