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Dial M for Murder
1954
· Movie
· 105 min
A
MEANRANK
84/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #210
- IMDb #236
- Google retired #843
- Rotten Tomatoes #439
- Metacritic #689
- Letterboxd #293
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1069
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #335
- Metacritic Critics #1066
- Metacritic Audience #347
- Criticker #148
- Douban #98
- Kinopoisk #206
- AlloCiné #138
- Trakt #193
Every rating
72–92
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 72, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 92.
See the most agreed on films →A former tennis player discovers his wealthy wife has been unfaithful. He devises an elaborate plan to have her murdered. He blackmails an old acquaintance into carrying out the killing, which is designed to look like a botched burglary. However, his perfectly planned scheme begins to unravel due to unexpected twists of fate and a sharp-witted police investigator.
Details
- Director
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Writer
- Frederick Knott
- Based on
- a work by Frederick Knott
- Studio
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Released
- 29 May 1954
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $1.4M
- Box office
- $3.0M
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Cast
Full cast (22) →
Awards
Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award. 5 wins & 3 nominations total
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