Dial M for Murder (1954)

Ray Milland
Grace Kelly
Robert Cummings



Genres
Thriller Mystery
Director
Alfred Hitchcock
Writers
Frederick Knott (also play)
Composer
Dmitri Tiomkin
Director of Photography
Robert Burks

Review
Frederick Knott's suspense play of man plotting wife's murder and subsequent police investigation: stagey at times but slick and entertaining. Filmed in 3-D. Remade for TV.

Trivia
The movie was shot in 3-D although it was never released that way until after Hitchcock's death.

Hitchcock arranged to have Grace Kelly dressed in bright colours at the start of the film and made them progressively darker as time goes on.


Cameo

Hitchcock makes his cameo appearance 13 minutes into the film, on the left side of the reunion photograph.

George Alderson
First Detective
Patrick Allen
Pearson
Leo Britt
The Storyteller
Sanders Clark
Detective
Robert Cummings
Mark Halliday
Anthony Dawson
Captain Lesgate
Robert Dobson
Police Photographer
Guy Doleman
Detective
Sam Harris
Man in Phone Booth
Robin Hughes
Police Sergeant
Grace Kelly
Margot Wendice
George Leigh
Williams
Ray Milland
Tony Wendice
Thayer Roberts
Detective
John (I) Williams
Inspector Hubbard

 



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