Dial M for Murder
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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.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Dial M for Murder (play) | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
American film
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crime film ⓘ film ⓘ mystery film ⓘ thriller film ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Dial M for Murder
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surface form:
Dial M for Murder (play)
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| character |
Chief Inspector Hubbard
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Margot Wendice ⓘ Mark Halliday ⓘ Tony Wendice ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Robert Burks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | WarnerColor ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Alfred Hitchcock ⓘ |
| distributor |
Warner Bros. Pictures
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surface form:
Warner Bros.
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| editedBy | Ralph E. Winters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmEra |
Hollywood Golden Age
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surface form:
Golden Age of Hollywood
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| format |
3D film
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Technicolor ⓘ |
| genre |
crime
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mystery ⓘ suspense ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| leadActor | Ray Milland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadActress | Grace Kelly ⓘ |
| musicBy | Dimitri Tiomkin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | meticulously planned murder plot ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Hitchcock suspense techniques
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dialogue-driven storytelling ⓘ single-set stage-like structure ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| playwrightOfSource | Frederick Knott ⓘ |
| plotElement |
attempted murder
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blackmail ⓘ police investigation ⓘ |
| producer | Alfred Hitchcock ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Warner Bros. Pictures
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Warner Bros.
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| releaseDate | 1954-05-29 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1954 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 105 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Frederick Knott ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| settingType | apartment ⓘ |
| starring |
Grace Kelly
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John Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ Ray Milland NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Cummings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
Dial M for Murder (play)