Dial "M" for Murder Movie Review 1954

Unfaithful playboy Tony's (Milland) cash is all thanks to his marriage to heiress Margot (Kelly) and he fears losing her to writer Mark (Cummings). So Tony devises an elaborate plan to murder his wife for her money, but when she accidentally stabs the killer-to-be, with scissors no less, it's Tony who comes under the suspicious eye of Chief Inspector Hubbard (Williams). Filmed in 3-D. Based on the play by Frederick Knotts. Loosely remade in 1998 as "A Perfect Murder" starring Michael Douglas and Gwenyth Paltrow.

Distribution

Time-Life Video and Television, 1450 Palmyra Ave., Richmond, VA 23227-4420, Phone: (804)266-6330, Toll-free: 800-950-7887, Fax: (757)427-7905

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 123 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Mystery & Suspense, Marriage, Adapted from a Play, Office Surprise

Screenplay

Frederick Knott

Cast

Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings, John Williams, Anthony Dawson

Cinematography

Robert Burks

Director

Alfred Hitchcock

Music

Dimitri Tiomkin

Producer

Warner Bros.