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Mood:
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- Mind GamePsychologicalMurderWoman in DangerCrimesDeadlyDishonestyMind and Soul more...
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Genres:
- CrimeMysteryThrillerDrama
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century50s
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Place:
- EnglandLondon
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- Award WinnerBlockbusterClassicCritically AcclaimedEssential
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Style:
- Twists and TurnsTalky
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- Based on Play
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- SeriousRealistic
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- Violent Content
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Dial M for Murder, 1954
English
USA
Profile of Dial M for Murder
Dial M for Murder can be described as clever, suspenseful, and mind bending. The plot revolves around mind games, a woman in danger, and psychological motives. The main genres are thriller, crime, and mystery. In terms of style, Dial M for Murder involves twists and turns and is talky. In approach, it is serious and realistic. It is located in London. Dial M for Murder takes place in the 1950s. It is adapted from a play. The movie has received attention for being a classic, essential viewing, and a blockbuster. Note that Dial M for Murder involves violent content.
Summary of Dial M for Murder
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 unwieldly), and the film is seldom screened in 3D, but Hitchcock's use of the technique is notable for its service to the story rather than just being a gimmick. In the film Margot Wendice is a wealthy heiress whose playboy husband, Tony (Ray Milland), recognizes his dependence on his wife's fortune. When Tony begins to suspect he is losing Margot's affection to writer Mark Halliday (Robert Cummings), he also begins to fear he will lose her wealth. This leads the callous husband to craft a plan for his wife's death. However, when the plan goes awry, Tony is quick to turn circumstance into a second opportunity to destroy his wife.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 28 May 1954 |
| Runtime: | 105 min |
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as Tony Wendice
as Margot Mary Wendice
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