Dial M for Murder
Dial M for Murder is a 1954 American crime thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings, Anthony Dawson, and John Williams. Both the screenplay and the successful stage play on which it was based were written by English playwright Frederick Knott. The play premiered in 1952 on BBC Television, before being performed on stage in the same year in London's West End in June, and then New York's Broadway in October.
Plot
In the mid-1950s, Tony Wendice, a retired English professional tennis player, is married to wealthy socialite Margot, who has been having an affair with American crime-fiction writer Mark Halliday. Unbeknownst to them, Tony knows about the affair and plots Margot's murder to inherit her fortune, fearing a divorce would leave him penniless.
More details
| author | Frederick Knott |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | London |
| director | Alfred Hitchcock |
| editor | Rudi Fehr |
| events | capital punishment |
| genre | crime thriller |
| keywords | attaché case build cambridge university capital punishment in the united kingdom con man criminal record discover drive-in drive-in theater elaborate ruse follow hear hiding place home alone kill locked door love letter maida vale married police chief police officer police station retire sentenced to death steal tennis player |
| musicBy | Dimitri Tiomkin |
| producer | Alfred Hitchcock |
| publisher | Warner Bros. |
| theme | 3d psychological thriller |