Movie
Dial M for Murder
Overview
When her American lover visits London, a wealthy woman’s jealous husband hatches a plan to murder her and inherit her fortune.
Details
- Release date
- 1954-05-29
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Genres
- Thriller, Crime, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Ray Milland as Tony Wendice
- Grace Kelly as Margot Wendice
- Robert Cummings as Mark Halliday
- John Williams as Chief Inspector Hubbard
- Anthony Dawson as Charles Swann
- Leo Britt as Storyteller
- Patrick Allen as Detective Pearson
- George Leigh as Detective Williams
- George Alderson as First Detective
- Robin Hughes as Police Sergeant O'Brien
- Jack Cunningham as Bobby (uncredited)
- Guy Doleman as Detective (uncredited)
Crew
- Alfred Hitchcock - Director
- Frederick Knott - Screenplay
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