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Dial M for Murder

1954
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8.0/10

Release Date

29/05/1954

Popularity

🍅 Rotten Tomatoes
90%
🎬 Internet Movie Database
81%
Ⓜ️ Metacritic
75%

A woman's life depends on a single phone call.

London. Tony Wendice is a former professional tennis player, retired from the courts, married to Margot, a wealthy woman with an active social life. Tony secretly knows she is having an affair with Mark Halliday, an American crime novelist. What worries him most is not the deception but the money: if Margot decides to divorce him, he would be left with nothing. So he begins looking for a way to stop it. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, the film stars Ray Milland as Tony and Grace Kelly as Margot, in a story that opens with polite manners and appearances, with everything seemingly in order.

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Facts about Dial M for Murder

Releases, age ratings, box office, post-credit scenes and more.

Post-credits sceneNone
Age ratingNot recommended for viewers under 7 years old
Spain releaseDecember 23, 1954
TV premiereApril 5, 1971
Worldwide premiereMay 18, 1954
Runtime1 h 44 min
Original languageEnglish
Original titleDial M for Murder
CountryUnited States
Production companiesWarner Bros. Pictures
Budget$1.4M
Worldwide box office$3.0M
Return on investmentx2.1 Recouped the investment
Trailer views21K

More ratings

4.2/5Letterboxd81/100Trakt8.2/10Metacritic (público)

Dial M for Murder Cast

Ray Milland
Ray MillandTony Wendice
Grace Kelly
Grace KellyMargot Wendice
Robert Cummings
Robert CummingsMark Halliday
John Williams
John WilliamsChief Inspector Hubbard
Anthony Dawson
Anthony DawsonCharles Swann
Leo Britt
Leo BrittStoryteller
Patrick Allen
Patrick AllenDetective Pearson
George Leigh
George LeighDetective Williams
George Alderson
George AldersonFirst Detective
Robin Hughes
Robin HughesPolice Sergeant O'Brien
Jack Cunningham
Jack CunninghamBobby (uncredited)
Guy Doleman
Guy DolemanDetective (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Bess FlowersWoman Exiting Ship (uncredited)
Sam Harris
Sam HarrisMan in Phone Booth (uncredited)
Harold Miller
Harold MillerMen's Club Party Member (uncredited)
Martin Milner
Martin MilnerPoliceman Outside Wendice Flat (uncredited)
Forbes Murray
Forbes MurrayJudge at Margot's Trial (uncredited)
Thayer Roberts
Thayer RobertsDetective (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
William H. O'BrienWaiter at Stag Dinner (uncredited)
Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred HitchcockBanquet Member (uncredited)
Herschel Graham
Herschel GrahamBanquet Member (uncredited)
Robert Dobson
Robert DobsonPolice Photographer (uncredited)

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Cast of Dial M for Murder by the numbers

39average cast age in years
22years of age gap between the leads
9%women in the cast
0%women in the crew

The youngest in the main cast: Grace Kelly, age 25 at release. The oldest: John Williams, at 51.

Cast ages at release

Cast heights

Cast nationalities

United States 4United Kingdom 1

Crew

Trivia about Dial M for Murder

Hitchcock had planned to shoot The Bramble Bush, but Warner allowed him to drop that project and begin Dial M for Murder after dissolving his partnership with Sidney Bernstein.
The character of Mark was named Max Halliday in Frederick Knott's original play, and his name was changed for the film.
Hitchcock appears thirteen minutes into the film, in a black-and-white photograph of a reunion of former students and teachers seated at a banquet table.
After the first screenings in 3-D, a Philadelphia theater manager asked the studio for permission to remove the 3-D, because audiences were leaving the theater.

Sources: Wikipedia (English)

What it's about Dial M for Murder

adulterylondon, englandjealousyblackmaildetectivetennis playermarriageletterlovemurderthefthusbandmurder plotcrime fiction writerkeyscautionary

Main theme: capital punishment

What Dial M for Murder is called in other countries

It was released in 33 countries, each in its own language.

  • SpainCrimen perfecto
  • FranceLe crime était presque parfait
  • GermanyBei Anruf Mord - Dial M for Murder
  • ItalyDelitto perfetto
  • MexicoCon M de muerte
  • BrazilDisque M para Matar
  • PortugalChamada para a Morte
  • JapanダイヤルMを廻せ！
  • South Korea다이얼 M을 돌려라
  • China电话情杀案
  • RussiaВ случае убийства набирайте «М»
  • ArgentinaLa llamada fatal
See the remaining 21 countries
  • BelgiumDe moord was bijna volmaakt
  • BulgariaНабери М за убийство
  • CroatiaNazovi M radi ubojstva
  • CzechiaVražda na objednávku
  • DenmarkTelefonen Ringer Kl. 23
  • FinlandTäydellinen rikos
  • GreeceΤηλεφωνήσατε ασφάλεια άμεσου δράσεως
  • HungaryGyilkosság telefonhívásra
  • Iranام را به نشانه مرگ بگیر
  • IsraelAlibi
  • LatviaSlepkavības gadījumā uzgrieziet M
  • NetherlandsU Spreekt met Uw Moordenaar
  • PolandM jak morderstwo
  • RomaniaApelează C de la Crimă
  • SerbiaПозови М ради убиства
  • SlovakiaVražda na objednávku
  • SwedenSlå nollan till polisen
  • Taiwan電話情殺案
  • TurkeyCinayet Var
  • UkraineУ випадку вбивства телефонуйте «М»
  • VietnamCuộc Gọi Chết Chóc

Where it was filmed Dial M for Murder

Where the Story Takes Place

Where the Story Takes Place

Source: Wikidata. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Quotes by Dial M for Murder

  • [to Mark] People don't commit murder on credit.
  • They talk about flat-footed policemen. May the saints protect us from the gifted amateur.
  • Mark Halliday: [to Margot] Darling, I understand now, but that doesn't stop me from loving you.
  • Mind you, even I didn't guess that at once... extraordinary.

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Soundtrack from Dial M for Murder

Original music by Dimitri Tiomkin

Dial M for Murder (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Re-Recording)
SoundtrackDial M for Murder (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Re-Recording)Dimitri Tiomkin · 2019 · 15 songs
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Songs

  1. 1
    Main Title (Film Version) / Margot And Mark (Love Theme)
    6:49
  2. 2
    Green Curtains And White Gloves
    2:08
  3. 3
    Hidden Key / Swann The Intruder
    9:10
  4. 4
    Dial M For Murder
    3:03
  5. 5
    Forensics / The Stocking / Intermission Card - Version II
    6:49
  6. 6
    Lighter Fluid
    1:16
  7. 7
    Meet Inspector Hubbard
    1:34
  8. 8
    Interrogation / Trial / Margot's Last Chance
    7:17
  9. 9
    Confession / Margot Returns / The Truth
    8:50
  10. 10
    The Key
    2:00

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