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Dial M for Murder (1954) Rank 4 Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Dial M for Murder (1954) a score of 3.0775 out of 4

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MovieFreak.com (Dylan Grant)

When asked why he made Dial M For Murder, Hitchcock said, "When the batteries are running dry, just take a hit play and film it." Of course, what that really meant was to take a hit play and film it the way Hitchcock would film it. Based on a hit play ...read the complete Dial M for Murder movie review at MovieFreak.com (Dylan Grant)

filmcritic.com (David Bezanson)

M stands for murder and also for mindf**k in this, one of Hitchcock's best films. Based on a stage play by Frederick Knott (whose credits also include another great thriller, Wait Until Dark), Dial M For Murder includes one of the most intricate plots ...read the complete Dial M for Murder movie review at filmcritic.com (David Bezanson)

eFilmCritic.com (Jay Seaver)

Tony and Margot, obviously, don't have the perfect marriage. She was attracted to the famous athlete, but soon tired of the travel; he, suspecting an affair, quit tennis and settled down in a regular job. Now, it's the better part of a year later and the ...read the complete Dial M for Murder movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Jay Seaver)

DVDBeaver

Ex-tennis pro Tony Wendice (Ray Milland) makes a decision to murder his wife Margot (Grace Kelly) for her money and because she had indiscretions with Mark Halliday (Robert Cummings). First he blackmails an old college associate to strangle her, but when ...read the complete Dial M for Murder movie review at DVDBeaver

DVDActive (Bryan Rickert)

Dial "M" for Murder still holds up today as a viable piece of suspense cinema. Milland's performance is completely gripping as a man who is trying to murder his wife and youâ��re rooting for him to win. ...read the complete Dial M for Murder movie review at DVDActive (Bryan Rickert)

Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)

Tony Wendice is a former tennis star whose wealthy wife is having an affair with an old frined of theirs. He plans on murdering her and getting her insurance money, and to facilitate shifting the blame away, he blackmails an former college chum with a ...read the complete Dial M for Murder movie review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)

Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)

Alfred Hitchcock's films all play amazingly well on home video. That is, all except for two of them, To Catch a Thief (1955) and Dial M for Murder (1954). To Catch a Thief was the Master's one exercise in Cinemascope, and, for some astonishingly dumb ...read the complete Dial M for Murder movie review at Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)

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