Dial M for Murder

Dial M for Murder is an American movie from 1954, directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The thriller was recorded in stereo, but is usually not shown in stereo. The story is based on a play. The script of both this play if the movie were written by Frederick Knott.

On a few scenes after plays the entire movie on a single spot (Wendice's apartment) and aside from supporting roles there are only five starring: Ray Milland, Grace Kelly,Robert Cummings, John Williams and Anthony Dawson.



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[hide] *1 Content  ==Content[ Edit] == Tony Wendice lives by the power of his wealthy wife Margot, but he fears that they are considering a divorce, leaving him to beggary would come. He decides to kill her to get her money. Tony blackmails Swann to revamp the chore. The case is well prepared and there seems to be nothing wrong to be able to go.
 * 2 Cast
 * Background 3
 * 3.1 Production
 * 3.2 facts
 * 3.3 similar films and remakes
 * 4 awards and nominations
 * 5 external links

On the planned evening picks up Tony Margots key from her handbag and explains that outdoor under the stairs runner, as he has agreed with Swann. Then he leaves the House.

Swann finds the key, go into the House tries to strangle Margot. The murder failed however: Margot efflorescent itself and puts out Swann death. That makes Tony doesn't matter that much: If a severe weather event cannot be proved after the gallows comes Margot. Tony changes what to the tracks. He takes the key from Swanns bag and makes him back in Margots handbag. Margot is arrested and sentenced to death. In the meantime, consider Margots friend, the detective writer Mark Halliday, an alternative scenario that does not conflict with the found tracks. Thus he hopes to rescue Margot. This scenario shows that he inadvertently work out to be identical to what actually happened.

Detective Hubbard is still not satisfied. Margots handbag is in prison. Hubbard cites as the key, and then try to enter Wendice ' flat. The key does not fit. Hubbard further searches and finds the good key under the stairs runner, where Swann had returned him before he entered the flat. Moreover, it is clear that the key from the handbag on the apartment of Swann fits. That gives food for thought.

Hubbard decision to set up a trap. On the day before the scheduled execution he goes to Wendice for its condolences. He says that his wife's property Wendice in prison can pick up. Secretly he makes himself master of Wendice ' key, then say goodbye to and leaves. The flat leaves and Hubbard Wendice again within. He calls on to jail and orders Margot release. Margot gets her handbag back and is brought home. However, her key fits and Hubbard let her inside. Margot says she doesn't understand why she suddenly was released and not making the key did not fit. Hubbard asks a colleague to bring the handbag back to the prison. Tony Wendice comes home and notices that he has lost his key. Hubbard peeks through the curtains without having to show. Wendice leaves and comes back a little later with Margots handbag. Now he has a key but that turns out not to fit. Wendice reflects. He remembers that he is the key out of the bag by Swann in Margots handbag did. He feels under the stairs runner and finds there the good key. He goes inside and realizes he has run in the fall. ==Division Of Roles[ Edit] == Hitchcock made a cameo in the film as a man on a reunion picture, which 13 minutes after the start of the film to see. ==Background<span class="mw-editsection" len="335" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Production<span class="mw-editsection" len="333" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p lang="en" len="205" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The film is best known for the Assembly, especially in the scene in which Swann tries to kill Margot and Tony impatient at a phone booth is waiting for the message that Swann in his command was successful.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The film uses the same claustrophobic atmosphere as some of Hitchcock's previous films: Lifeboat, Rope, and Rear Window. Everything takes place in a small space.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">There is no real court scene in the movie. The scene is recorded on a way to create the impression that the characters are in a courtroom. In fact one can see only a close-up of Margot while the other attendees only be heard.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">After I Confess (1953) wanted Hitchcock actually the film The Bramble Bush, based on a novel by David Duncan, go direct. However, there were problems with the script and budget, making the collaboration between Hitchcock and Sidney Bernstein has ended.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3" len="169" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [3] ===Things Worth Knowing<span class="mw-editsection" len="342" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Similar films and remakes<span class="mw-editsection" len="353" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Dial M for Murder is sometimes confused with another movie with a similar theme: Midnight Lace (1960), starring Doris Dayand Rex Harrison . John Williams has a role in both films as a police detective.
 * The colors of Grace Kelly's clothes are becoming darker as the movie progresses.
 * Kelly and Alfred Hitchcock worked previously together on Rear Window and To Catch a Thief .
 * The film is from 1954. In 1955, in the United Kingdom (where the story takes place) for the last executed a woman.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">There are several remakes of the film, including a TV movie in 1981 with Angie Dickinson and Christopher Plummer. In 1968 ABC produced a two-hour remake, with Laurence Harvey as Tony, Diane Cilento as Margot and Hugh O'Brian as Max.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4" len="169" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [4]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">A Perfect Murder is a 1998 remake directed by Andrew Davis and starring Michael Douglas and Gwyneth Paltrow.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In Bollywood was also a remake of the film was made entitled Aitbaar (1985), with Raj Babbar, Dimple Kapadia, Suresh Oberoi and. ==Awards and nominations<span class="mw-editsection" len="345" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p lang="en" len="45" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In 1954 "Dial M for Murder" won three prizes:

<p lang="en" len="60" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In 1955, the film was nominated for two more awards:
 * The NBR Award for best actress (Grace Kelly)
 * The NBR Award for best supporting actor (John Williams)
 * The NYFCC Award for best actress (Grace Kelly)


 * The DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
 * The BAFTA Film Award for best foreign actress (Grace Kelly)