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Dial M for Murder

1954

Alfred Hitchcock

Grace Kelly, Ray Milland, Robert Cummings, John Williams ...

8.2

29,161

Mystery. Thriller British tennis pro (Ray Milland) suspects that his wealthy wife (Grace Kelly) is fooling around with a handsome American (Robert Cummings). He blackmails a disgraced former army comrade (Anthony Dawson) into murdering his wife and making it look like the work of a burglar.

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Henry Barnes The Guardian	"'Dial M for Murder' has a romping plot, a gloriously slimy villain and (...) some of the weirdest, tricksiest camera work of Hitchcock's career."	POS
United States	Bosley Crowther The New York Times	"This is a technical triumph that Mr. Hitchcock has achieved (...) and the best of the lot is John Williams"	POS
United Kingdom	Tim Robey Telegraph	"Alfred Hitchcock's 1954 thriller is a precision-engineered delight (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Rob Humanick Slant	"The rhythmic dialogue and comfortable performances let the viewer ease into the film (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Dave Kehr Chicago Reader	"There is much of technical value in his geometric survey of the scene and the elaborate strategies employed to transfer audience sympathy among the four main characters."	POS
United Kingdom	David Parkinson Empire	"Despite Hitchcock's own reservations this is definitely worth a look. Interesting to his aficionados and darkly funny and depressing in turns (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Variety	"'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."	NEG
United States	Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune	"'Dial M for Murder' is but a shadow compared to 'Rear Window', but it has its moments."	NEU

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