Dial M for Murder
starring: Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings, John Williams, Anthony Dawson
directed by: Alfred Hitchcock, Laurent Bouzereau
directed by: Alfred Hitchcock, Laurent Bouzereau
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When American writer Mark Halliday visits the very married Margot Wendice in London, he unknowingly sets off a chain of blackmail and murder.After sensing Margot's affections for Halliday, her husband, Tony Wendice, fears divorce and disinheritance, and plots her death.
Knowing former school chum Captain Lesgate is involved in illegal activities, Tony blackmails him into conspiring to kill Margot.When she kills Lesgate in self-defense, Tony implicates her as being guilty of premeditated murder.Halliday must out-stratagize Tony to save Margot's live.
Running Time: 105 min.
Format: DVD MOVIE
Amazon.com:
A suave tennis player (Ray Milland) plots the perfect murder, the dispatching of his wealthy wife (Grace Kelly), who is having an affair with a writer (Robert Cummings). Amazingly, the wife manages to stave off her attacker, a twist of fate that challenges the hubby's talent for improvisation. Alfred Hitchcock wisely stuck to the stage origins of Dial M for Murder, ignoring the temptation to "open up" the material from the home of the unhappy couple. The result may not be one of Hitchcock's deepest films, but it's a thoroughly engaging chamber movie. It also features Grace Kelly at her loveliest, the same year she made Rear Window with Hitchcock. Dial M for Murder was filmed in the briefly trendy 3-D process, and Hitchcock shot some scenes to bring out the depth of the 3-D field; it's especially good for the nail-biting attempted murder of Kelly, and her desperate reach for a pair of scissors that seems to be just outside her grasp. However, the film was rarely shown with the proper 3-D projection, going out "flat" instead (a 1980 reissue restored the process for a limited theatrical release). Dial M was remade in 1998 as A Perfect Murder, a film that changed and expanded the material, with no improvement on the clean, witty original. --Robert Horton
When American writer Mark Halliday visits the very married Margot Wendice in London, he unknowingly sets off a chain of blackmail and murder.After sensing Margot's affections for Halliday, her husband, Tony Wendice, fears divorce and disinheritance, and plots her death.
Knowing former school chum Captain Lesgate is involved in illegal activities, Tony blackmails him into conspiring to kill Margot.When she kills Lesgate in self-defense, Tony implicates her as being guilty of premeditated murder.Halliday must out-stratagize Tony to save Margot's live.
Running Time: 105 min.
Format: DVD MOVIE
Amazon.com:
A suave tennis player (Ray Milland) plots the perfect murder, the dispatching of his wealthy wife (Grace Kelly), who is having an affair with a writer (Robert Cummings). Amazingly, the wife manages to stave off her attacker, a twist of fate that challenges the hubby's talent for improvisation. Alfred Hitchcock wisely stuck to the stage origins of Dial M for Murder, ignoring the temptation to "open up" the material from the home of the unhappy couple. The result may not be one of Hitchcock's deepest films, but it's a thoroughly engaging chamber movie. It also features Grace Kelly at her loveliest, the same year she made Rear Window with Hitchcock. Dial M for Murder was filmed in the briefly trendy 3-D process, and Hitchcock shot some scenes to bring out the depth of the 3-D field; it's especially good for the nail-biting attempted murder of Kelly, and her desperate reach for a pair of scissors that seems to be just outside her grasp. However, the film was rarely shown with the proper 3-D projection, going out "flat" instead (a 1980 reissue restored the process for a limited theatrical release). Dial M was remade in 1998 as A Perfect Murder, a film that changed and expanded the material, with no improvement on the clean, witty original. --Robert Horton
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- Classic Movie
If you like the old tried and true classic mystery, this is a great one. If you like Ray Milland, this is a good performance with typical Hitchcock twists. No technological extravaganza, just good entertainment to share with friends and a bowl of popcorn!
Rating: - Dial M for Murder--excellent purchase
The DVD of "Dial M for Murder" was purchased and delivered quickly as described.It plays well.Great transaction.
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- 3 stars out of 4
The Bottom Line:
Dial M for Murder is much better in its first half than in the predictable conclusion and it can feel a bit stagey at times, but Milland is delicious and the Master's direction is inspired: it's not one of Hitch's best, but it's a solid film.
Rating: - Outstanding Movie
One of Alfred Hitcock's greatest films .... Also one of my all-time favorite films.
The English detective won 'all the marbles''
Rating: - Hitchcock made SO MANY great movies
Alfred Hitchcock had already begun work on Rear Window when he took on the project to direct Dial M for Murder, based on the successful play by Frederick Knott.For the film, Hitchcock chose to cast his favorite leading lady of the time, Grace Kelly, as the embattled Margot Wendice. Kelly would also star in Rear Window and Hitchcock's subsequent To Catch a Thief.It wasn't Hitchcock's preference to shoot Dial M for Murder in Warnercolor 3D (the cameras were large), and the film is seldom screened ... Read More
- Classic MovieIf you like the old tried and true classic mystery, this is a great one. If you like Ray Milland, this is a good performance with typical Hitchcock twists. No technological extravaganza, just good entertainment to share with friends and a bowl of popcorn!
- Dial M for Murder--excellent purchaseThe DVD of "Dial M for Murder" was purchased and delivered quickly as described.It plays well.Great transaction.
- 3 stars out of 4The Bottom Line:
Dial M for Murder is much better in its first half than in the predictable conclusion and it can feel a bit stagey at times, but Milland is delicious and the Master's direction is inspired: it's not one of Hitch's best, but it's a solid film.
- Outstanding MovieOne of Alfred Hitcock's greatest films .... Also one of my all-time favorite films.
The English detective won 'all the marbles''
- Hitchcock made SO MANY great moviesAlfred Hitchcock had already begun work on Rear Window when he took on the project to direct Dial M for Murder, based on the successful play by Frederick Knott.For the film, Hitchcock chose to cast his favorite leading lady of the time, Grace Kelly, as the embattled Margot Wendice. Kelly would also star in Rear Window and Hitchcock's subsequent To Catch a Thief.It wasn't Hitchcock's preference to shoot Dial M for Murder in Warnercolor 3D (the cameras were large), and the film is seldom screened ... Read More
