Dial M for Murder

Dial M for Murder

105 mins | Crime, Thriller | May 29, 1954

An ex-tennis pro carries out a plot to have his wife murdered after discovering she is having an affair, and assumes she will soon leave him for the other man anyway. When things go wrong, he improvises a new plan—to frame her for murder instead.

Dial M for Murder

105 mins | Crime, Thriller | May 29, 1954

Dial M for Murder
An ex-tennis pro carries out a plot to have his wife murdered after discovering she is having an affair, and assumes she will soon leave him for the other man anyway. When things go wrong, he improvises a new plan—to frame her for murder instead.
IMDb rating 8.2
Producers Warner Bros. Pictures
Original title Dial M for Murder
Directors Mel Dellar, Alfred Hitchcock
Writers Frederick Knott

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)

Bess Flowers

as Woman Exiting Ship (uncredited)

Sam Harris

as Man in Phone Booth (uncredited)

Harold Miller

as Men's Club Party Member (uncredited)

Martin Milner

as Policeman Outside Wendice Flat (uncredited)

Forbes Murray

as Judge at Margot's Trial (uncredited)

Thayer Roberts

as Detective (uncredited)

William H. O'Brien

as Waiter at Stag Dinner (uncredited)