Dial M for Murder (1954)
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Reviews Counted: 24 Fresh: 19 Rotten:5 Average Rating: 7.1/10
Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins
Synopsis: Alfred Hitchcock had already begun work on REAR WINDOW when he took on the project to direct DIAL M FOR MURDER, based on the successful play by Frederick Knott. For the film, Hitchcock chose to cast his favorite leading lady of the time, Grace Kelly, as the embattled Margot Wendice. Kelly would... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings, John Williams, Anthony Dawson
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Dial M is less a filmed play than a highly cinematic investigation of theatricality.
01/02/08
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Dial M remains more of a filmed play than a motion picture, unfortunately revealed as a conversation piece about murder which talks up much more suspense than it actually delivers.
01/02/08
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The screenplay tends to constrain rather than liberate Hitchcock's thematic thrust, but there is much of technical value in his geometric survey of the scene and the elaborate strategies employed to transfer audience sympathy among the main characters.
01/02/08
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It all moves along in a rather efficient if lifeless fashion, with only John Williams shining as a canny police detective.
01/04/07
While it's true that Hitchcock left most of the play's dialogue intact and kept the single setting of the play's apartment, he did quite a bit more to bring the story to life.
09/06/04
Critics seem to prefer the more theatrical, psychological melodramas to the brainy whodunits. But pay no attention – this film is definitely a classic
07/22/04
A rare and accomplished example of the work of Hitchcock the Minimalist.
07/25/01
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