Dial M for Murder

Based on a stage play, the film's plot takes place mostly in one apartment, a cozy abode complete with a fire burning in the fireplace. An aging tennis pro named Tony Wendice (Ray Milland) plans his wife's murder with the help... Full review

When you watch this movie it's impossible not to feel that Alfred Hitchcock was a genius! Whether it's a thriller like "North by North west" where the viewer is taken half-way across America, or an espionage movie that treks across Europe... Full review

Hitchcock brings the successful play, Dial M for Murder by Frederick Knott, to life in a shocking new way. Adapted by use of the amazing 3D technology. This movie is unique for Hitchcock in many ways. It is shot entirely in... Full review

Hitchcock brings the successful play, Dial M for Murder by Frederick Knott, to life in a shocking new way. Adapted by use of the amazing 3D technology. This movie is unique for Hitchcock in many ways. It is shot entirely in... Full review

Hitchcock brings the successful play, Dial M for Murder by Frederick Knott, to life in a shocking new way. Adapted by use of the amazing 3D technology.This movie is unique for Hitchcock in many ways. It is shot entirely in... Full review

The hit Broadway play by Frederick Knott "Dial M for Murder" has been adapted to the screen several times, including the films made in West Germany and Sweden, as well as a TV movie in 1981 (TV) by Boris Seagal and... Full review

I recently saw this again, but I will make this comment on a viewing I had many years ago.I was sponsoring some research on human interfaces, and the center of expertise at the time was coordinated by an Air Force... Full review

After earning an Academy award nomination for her performance in John Ford's 1953 tale of romance and adventure, "Mogambo", the beautiful actress Grace Kelly proved that she was way more than just a pretty face and that there was real... Full review

Tony Wendice (Ray Milland), an ex-tennis player, unhappily married to Margot (Grace Kelly), correctly guesses that she has been cheating, with Mark Halliday (Robert Cummings). Mark writes crime stories. Unbeknown to Margot and Mark, Tony knows about the affair, and... Full review

This has to be in the top 10 of Alfred Hitchcock's cluster of masterfully directed classic films. In her first teaming with The Master, Grace Kelly portrays a wealthy woman married to a fading tennis pro (Ray Milliand), who wants... Full review

Dial M for Murder is an Alfred Hitchcock Classic Full of All of the Right Movie Elements....Yet, it is one of my all time favorite movies.....the lines are meaty and elegant.....There performance is one big reason why this black and white movie is a classic today.....Dial M for Murder" has all of the elements of a great story, "Dial M for Murder" is centered on one man's desire to kill his wife..... ... Full Review

Dial M for Murder is an Alfred Hitchcock Classic Full of All of the Right Movie Elements....Yet, it is one of my all time favorite movies.....the lines are meaty and elegant.....There performance is one big reason why this black and white movie is a classic today.....has all of the elements of a great story, The Plot"Dial M for Murder" is centered on one man's desire to kill his wife..... ... Full Review

Emil de Cou , associate conductor of the National Symphony in Washington, D.C. , was an excellent musical guide for this tribute to the films of Alfred Hitchcock . But he also knew the value of music and its capacity to intensify a frightening moment or heighten the suspense of a breathtaking plot twist. ... Full Review

Each of the interview subjects pretty much place the film as a worthy movie that still holds up and keeps viewers guessing. With a core cast of four characters, the dialogue had to be good; the cast, therefore had to be impeccable. ... Full Review

Dial M for Murder was filmed in the briefly trendy 3-D process, and Hitchcock shot some scenes to bring out the depth of the 3-D field; it's especially good for the nail-biting attempted murder of Kelly Amazingly, the wife manages to stave off her attacker, a twist of fate that challenges the hubby's talent for improvisation. ... Full Review

On video, 1954's "Dial M for Murder" (*** out of four stars) plays like one of director Alfred Hitchcock's lesser efforts. The 3D version, in a rare screening tonight at the Redford Theatre, may change your feelings about the film... ... Full Article

Everyone has a gimmick. The movie industry had its in the 1950s when television threatened the industry. Studios tried to lure people back into theaters by introducing Cinemascope, 3-D, Vista Vision and other wide-screen formats. ... Full Article

By Carl Hoover | Friday, October 24, 2008, 03:35 PM I'm told tickets are going pretty fast for this weekend's performances of "Dial M for Murder" at the Waco Civic Theatre . ... Full Article

Re: What movies traumatized you as a child? by kathy555 My dad, sister, and I used to watch WGN's "Creature Features," the old horror films, like Lugosi's "Dracula," "Frankenstein," and even the funny ones like "Abbott and Costello Meet the... ... Full Article

It's an awkward truth, because it sounds like an endorsement for the idea that the free market drives the arts. And it can always be said that music written for a movie has no separate existence when detached from the... ... Full Article

The Plano Angelika has declared October "Hitchcocktober." I strongly caution against following suit, unless you want to sound like an idiot, but the theater is using its declaration as an excuse to show some pretty good Hitchcock movies every Tuesday... ... Full Article