Dial M for Murder

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American film crime film film mystery film thriller film

Dial M for Murder is a 1954 suspense thriller film, adapted from a stage play, that exemplifies Alfred Hitchcock’s mastery of tightly constructed, dialogue-driven crime stories centered on a meticulously planned murder plot gone wrong.

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Dial M for Murder canonical 7
Dial M for Murder (play) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
crime film ⓘ
film ⓘ
mystery film ⓘ
thriller film ⓘ
basedOn Dial M for Murder self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Dial M for Murder (play)
character Chief Inspector Hubbard ⓘ
Margot Wendice ⓘ
Mark Halliday ⓘ
Tony Wendice ⓘ
cinematographyBy Robert Burks ⓘ
colorProcess WarnerColor ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Alfred Hitchcock ⓘ
distributor Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ
surface form: Warner Bros.
editedBy Ralph E. Winters NERFINISHED ⓘ
filmEra Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
format 3D film ⓘ
Technicolor ⓘ
genre crime ⓘ
mystery ⓘ
suspense ⓘ
thriller ⓘ
leadActor Ray Milland ⓘ
leadActress Grace Kelly ⓘ
musicBy Dimitri Tiomkin ⓘ
narrativeFocus meticulously planned murder plot ⓘ
notableFor Hitchcock suspense techniques ⓘ
dialogue-driven storytelling ⓘ
single-set stage-like structure ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
playwrightOfSource Frederick Knott ⓘ
plotElement attempted murder ⓘ
blackmail ⓘ
police investigation ⓘ
producer Alfred Hitchcock ⓘ
productionCompany Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ
surface form: Warner Bros.
releaseDate 1954-05-29 ⓘ
releaseYear 1954 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 105 ⓘ
screenwriter Frederick Knott ⓘ
settingLocation London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
settingType apartment ⓘ
starring Grace Kelly ⓘ
John Williams ⓘ
Ray Milland ⓘ
Robert Cummings ⓘ

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Alfred Hitchcock → notableWork → Dial M for Murder ⓘ
Alfred Hitchcock → directed → Dial M for Murder ⓘ
Grace Kelly → notableWork → Dial M for Murder ⓘ
Ray Milland → notableWork → Dial M for Murder ⓘ
Dial M for Murder → basedOn → Dial M for Murder self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dial M for Murder (play)
Dimitri Tiomkin → notableWork → Dial M for Murder ⓘ
Alfred Hitchcock filmography → hasPart → Dial M for Murder ⓘ
Robert Cummings → notableWork → Dial M for Murder ⓘ