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Hitchcock in Colour

DIAL M FOR MURDER

• Director: Alfred Hitchcock
• USA / 1954 / DCP (3D) / Colour / 105’ / English; Turkish s.t.

• Screenplay: Frederick Knott
• Original Work: Frederick Knott
• Director of Photography: Robert Burks
• Editing: Rudi Fehr
• Music: Dimitri Tiomkin
• Cast: Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings, John Williams, Anthony Dawson, Leo Britt, Patrick Allen
• Producer: Alfred Hitchcock
• Production Co.: Warner Bros.
• World Sales: Park Circus

1954 National Board of Review (USA) Best Actress (G. Kelly), Best Supporting Actor (J. Williams)
1954 New York Film Critics Circle Best Actress (G. Kelly)

Dial M for Murder is the sole Hitchcock film to employ 3D technology. Quite loyal to its original source, Frederick Knott’s popular stage play, and being set in one location, the film is theatrical and distinguishable with its masterful dialogues and direction of actors. And of course, Grace Kelly, as the socialite Margot who is attempted to be murdered by her pro tennis player husband, takes her proper place within the pantheon of Hitchcock’s ‘sophisticated blondes.’ Cinematographer Robert Burks, a frequent Hitchcock collaborator during his colour era, makes innovative and effective use of colour in this film, from Kelly’s darkening clothes to the light design in the unforgettable trial scene, which is constructed on the close-ups of her face.

This film was a Meetings on the Bridge participant.