Dial M For Murder (1954)

14 out of 14 people found the following review helpful:

My All Time Favourite Hitchcock Film

A Customer from Derby, England, 14th September, 2005

What an absolute stormer of a thriller. From start to finnish I was hooked on this film. I remember seeing this as a young man and being spellbound by the actors brilliant portrayal of the characters. Ray Milland is the real star of this murder mystery. The thought put into the murder actaully makes you want him to get away with it. Grace Kelly plays a woman trapped in a web of her husbands lies extremely well (why anyone married to Grace Kelly would want to have her killed is beyond me). This was originally a 3D movie (as the extras will tell you) but transfers so well. If you like you murder mysteries (Poirot, Ms Marple, Midsommer Murder, Jonathan Creek etc) you will adore this film.

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6 out of 6 people found the following review helpful:

Hitchcock`s adaptation shines, even without 3D

peter hillovision hill from Wordsley. west mids, 24th March, 2005

Hitchcock sticks very closely to the celebrated play this is based upon, and doesn`t really open it up at all, all the better really as it is a fantastic, taut, well paced film, with the divine Grace kelly luminous and Ray Milland on top form. Hitchcock`s wonderful camera angles and dramatic use of colour further enhance this wordy, atmospheric movie and even without the 3D effects it is a fantastic piece of cinema, In-fact it was only released in 3D in a handful of Cinemas upon initial release. Settle down, put your feet up and revel in this glorious film, not quite up there with the Birds. Rear Window or Vertigo but definately among Hitch`s best work.

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5 out of 8 people found the following review helpful:

HITCHCOCK SUSPENCE

KINEMATION from from Sleaford, 7th June, 2007

DIAL M FOR MURDER was filmed in 3D, but very few cinemas showed it in 3d. If you have colorcode 3d or Tridef 3d installed on your pc, the effects add to the enjoyment of the film. As the present 3d conversion is done from a single image,the famous scene with the hand, does not project much out of the screen, but the depth is very good.

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2 out of 2 people found the following review helpful:

A classic thriller

A Customer from Newport, Gwent, 29th March, 2006

It makes a refreshing change to watch a film that doesn't jump around from one sub plot to another, all your attention is focused on the main story line. Impeccable acting and a brilliant view of life in the 50's. A reminder of what life was like before we embraced the technological era.

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dial m for murder

ricky from , 30th November, 2009

classic hitchcock very exciting suspense

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Enjoyable

A Customer from Bingley, 3rd September, 2009

Found this film worked very well and I enjoyed it!

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Dial M for Murder

wearl from from Great Missenden, 26th March, 2009

Just don't make films like these. Acting was so good with no need for violence

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TENSION!!!

sofi1708 from , 9th February, 2009

i rented this film because i love hitchcock's rear window and it does not dissapoint!! like rear window it is centred in only one set which is an amazing feat in itself.
the film is about a man who finds out his wife is having an affair so thinks of a way to murder her that is fool proof (he thinks) but of course it goes wrong and the man he hires to murderer her is killed in self defence by his wife so his next plan is to frame her for the self defence killing as cold blooded murder
brilliant film!!

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