Dial M For Murder
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Warner Bros.  (1955) 105 mins PG

8.1 (21,776 votes) Top 250: #206
Alfred Hitchcock's screen version of Frederick Knott's stage hit Dial M for Murder is a tasty blend of elegance and suspense casting Grace Kelly, Ray Milland and Robert Cummings as the points of a romantic triangle. Kelly won the New York Film Critics and National Board of Review Best Actress Awards for this and two other acclaimed 1954 performances (Hitchcock's Read Window and her Oscar-honored work in the Country Girl). She loves Cummings; her husband Milland plots her murder. But when he dials a Mayfair exchange to set the plot in motion, his right number gets the wrong answer- and gleaming scissors become a deadly weapon. Dial "M" for the Master of Suspense at his most stylish.
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Cast and Crew
Ray Milland  ......  Tony Wendice
Grace Kelly  ......  Margot Mary Wendice
Robert Cummings  ......  Mark Halliday
John Williams  ......  Chief Insp. Hubbard
Anthony Dawson  ......  Charles Alexander Swann aka Captain Lesgate
Leo Britt  ......  The Storyteller
Director  .....  Alfred Hitchcock
Producer  .....  Alfred Hitchcock
Writer  .....  Frederick Knott
Notes
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: Margot's press cuttings are clearly blank on one side; cut out of newspapers, they should have printing on both sides. (more)

Trivia:
Dial M for Murder opened at the Plymouth Theater on October 29, 1952 and ran for 552 performances. (more)

Filming Locations:
Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Quotes:
Tony Wendice: How do you go about writing a detective story?
Mark Halliday: Well, you forget detection and concentrate on crime. Crime's the thing. And then you imagine you're going to steal something or murder somebody.
Tony Wendice: Oh, is that how you do it? It's interesting.
Mark Halliday: Yes, I usually put myself in the criminal's shoes and then I keep asking myself, uh, what do I do next?
Margot Mary Wendice: Do you really believe in the perfect murder?
Mark Halliday: Mmm, yes, absolutely. On paper, that is. And I think I could, uh, plan one better than most people; but I doubt if I could carry it out.
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Awards:
Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 3 wins & 1 nomination (more)