Dial M for Murder
Starring: Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Writer: Frederick Knott
Producer: Alfred Hitchcock
Dial M for Murder is a 1954 American crime thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings, Anthony Dawson, and John Williams. Both the screenplay and the successful stage play on which it was based were written by English playwright Frederick Knott.
Trivia
- After I Confess (1953), Hitchcock planned to film The Bramble Bush, based on the 1948 novel by David Duncan, as a Transatlantic Pictures production, with partner Sidney Bernstein.
- Pictures allowed Hitchcock to scrap the film and begin production on Dial M for Murder.
- Actors Dawson and Williams reprise their Broadway roles as Swann/Captain Lesgate and Inspector Hubbard, respectively.
Previous Showings
15 Runs • 13 Festivals
All runs on record (15):
- March 14 - 16, 1992w/ Stage Fright
- April 28 - May 4, 20003D Film Festivalw/ House of Wax
- April 29 - May 1, 2005w/ Saboteur
- August 18 - 21, 2007Summer 2007 63 films in 12 weeks, including 22 films starring Fred Astairew/ Sabrina
- March 7 - 10, 2008HITCHCOCK: Ten Weeks of the films of the Master of Suspensew/ To Catch a Thief
- September 15 - 17, 2009HITCHCOCKw/ Strangers on a Train
- August 13 - 19, 2011Summer 2011w/ Shadow of a Doubt
- March 21 - 24, 2013Hitchcock 2013w/ Vertigo
- January 22 - 25, 2015Hitchcock 2015w/ Young and Innocent
- March 10 - 13, 2016Hitchcock 2016w/ To Catch a Thief
- May 18 - 20, 2018Hitchcock and Other Masters of Suspense plus, Frankenstein at 200w/ Vertigo
- August 31 - September 1, 2023Summer 2023: The Best of Cary Grant and Alfred Hitchcockw/ Rope
- May 11 - 12, 2024Hitchcock, The Master of Suspensew/ Rear Window
- July 4 - 6, 2025Hitchcock, The Master of Suspensew/ North by Northwest
- May 9 - 10, 2026Hitchcock, The Master of Suspensew/ Rope