Where did Tarantino get the idea for the story?
The story, titled ‘The Man from Down South’, was originally written by Roald Dahl and featured on his ‘Roald Dahl’s Tales of the Unexpected’. It was most notably done by Alfred Hitchcock’s on ‘Alfred Hitchcock’s specific version was mentioned as the inspiration for the bet within Tarantino’s story. A newer version of Alfred Hitchcock’s’s stared John Huston and Kim Novak.
