Dial M for Murder
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Events from across Southwest Florida...reception on opening night) through Dec. 19 (no show Nov. 26), Sugden Community Theatre, 701 Fifth Ave. S., Naples. $30. 263-7990. "Dial M for Murder," by Frederick Knott, 8 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays and 2 p.m. Wednesdays and... In this article: Naples, Fort Myers, Bonita Springs, and U.S. |
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Advertising Age | November 12, 2009
Taylor Swift Boosts CMA Awards, 'Saturday Night Live'
...TO WATCH: Thursday: Fan of police procedurals? DVR CBS's "CSI" and opt for the Master of Suspense, Alfred Hitchcock, in 1954's "Dial M for Murder" on TCM. Friday: For a Friday, "Smallville" has had big ratings, at least by CW standards.
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Advertising Age | November 11, 2009
Brought Down to Earth: Steep Demo Decline for ABC's 'V'
...fix on Fox's "Glee." Thursday: Fan of police procedurals? DVR CBS's "CSI" and opt for the Master of Suspense, Alfred Hitchcock, in 1954's "Dial M for Murder" on TCM. Media lore has it that country music's popularity goes up when the...
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Videogum | November 11, 2009
thirtysomething: South By Southeast
...the background. Oh no, is the woman dead? Of course not. It's fucking thirtysomething. The camera pans over the bed to the TV where Dial M for Murder is playing, and then follows a coiled telephone cord to Gary Shepard huddled in the corner.
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San Jose Mercury News | November 06, 2009
Grace Kelly and her '50s films still inspire fashion designers from Hilfiger to Kors
Advertisement last film role, though she had done star turns in the '50s Hitchcock movies "To Catch a Thief," "Rear Window" and "Dial M for Murder." She won a best-actress Oscar for "Country Girl" in 1954. "She really epitomized...
In this article: Grace Kelly, Tommy Hilfiger, High Society, Rear Window, Oscar, To Catch a Thief, Mad Men, Eva Longoria, and New York City
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Charleston Gazette | November 06, 2009
Kanawha Players president has a tough crowd to please
...proud of what the theater group is doing. He thought their part of the East End's HallowEast went well and their latest production, "Dial M for Murder," has gotten a nice response. But it's all taken its toll on him. He's on the premises...
In this article: Thomas Wilson, Blair Wilson, and West Virginia
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Fox News Entertainment | October 30, 2009
Grace Kelly: The Woman Behind the Legend
...bones about it … I love blondes," filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock would comment when queried about including Grace Kelly in three films, Dial M for Murder opposite Ray Milland; Rear Window co-starring James Stewart; To Catch a Thief with Cary...
In this article: Grace Kelly, Alfred Hitchcock, Cary Grant, James Stewart, Ray Milland, Kim Novak, and Eva Marie Saint
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Charleston Gazette | October 29, 2009
Review: Dial M for Murder true to original play, film
Review: 'Dial M for Murder' true to original play, film CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Alfred Hitchcock's substantial shadow was cast over the city of Charleston this week with a stage production of "Dial M For Murder" by the Kanawha Players. It...
In this article: Alfred Hitchcock, Frederick Knott, Charleston, London, and West Virginia
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The Charleston Gazette | October 29, 2009
Things to do Friday, Oct. 30, 2009
...THOMAS AND JAY HARRIS: 8 p.m. Admission $10. The Comedy Zone, Ramada Plaza Hotel, 400 Second Ave., South Charleston. Call 304-414-2FUN. "DIAL M FOR MURDER": 9 p.m. Adults $16, ages 18 and under $10. Kanawha Players presents the thrilling...
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The Charleston Gazette | October 28, 2009
Shapeshifter coming back home
...Theater, 309 Beauregard St. The fan gathering is $100 and includes admission to the interview and Kanawha Players' production of "Dial M for Murder." The interview is $50 and includes admission to the play. Visit www.halloweast.com for more...
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch | October 22, 2009
Designers honor Grace Kelly's cool, classic style
...Hollywood to raise her family as a princess, but she had star turns in '50s Hitchcock movies "To Catch a Thief," "Rear Window," and "Dial M for Murder." She won a best actress Oscar for "Country Girl" in 1954. "She really epitomized...
In this article: Grace Kelly, Tommy Hilfiger, Oscar de la Renta, High Society, Rear Window, To Catch a Thief, Angelina Jolie, Hollywood, and New York City
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Dial M for Murder (1954) is a howcatchem film directed by Alfred Hitchcock starring Grace Kelly, Ray Milland and Robert Cummings and released by Warner Brothers. The film was based on the almost identical stage play of the same title by English playwright Frederick Knott (1916-2002).
Dial M for Murder premiered in 1952 as a BBC television play, before being performed on the stage in the same year (West End in June, and then Broadway in October).
The screenplay was written by Knott, who moved to the U.S. in 1954 and wrote only one other well-known play, Wait Until Dark (1966), which was filmed a year later. He also wrote a lesser-known play, Write Me a Murder (1961), which ran for 196 performances at Belasco Theater. Knott's work tends to focus on women who innocently become the potential victims of sinister plots.
There is just one setting in the stage play of Dial M for Murder: the living-room of the Wendices' flat in London (61A Charrington Gardens, Maida Vale). Hitchcock's film adds a second setting in a gentleman's club, a few views of the street outside and a stylized courtroom montage. Having seen the play on Broadway, Cary Grant was keen to play the role of Tony Wendice, but studio chiefs did not feel the public would accept him as a man who arranges to have his wife murdered.
In June 2008, the American Film Institute revealed its "Ten Top Ten" — the best ten films in ten "classic" American film genres — after polling over 1,500 people from the creative community. Dial M for Murder was ranked the ninth best film in the mystery genre in the AFI's list.
- Name:
- Dial M for Murder
- Country of Origin:
- United Kingdom
- Release Date:
- May 29, 1954
- Directed By:
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Produced by:
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- Uncredited:
- William Hill
- Associate producer:
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Written By:
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- Frederick Knott
- Stage play & screenplay:
- Editor:
- Rudi Fehr
- Cinematography:
- Robert Burks
- Music By:
- Dimitri Tiomkin
- Distributed By:
- Warner Bros.
- Length:
- 105 min.
- Language:
- English
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