Monday Afternoon @ the Movies: AWPL Classic Monday: Dial M for Murder (1954)

Dial M for Murder (1954) Alfred Hitchcock’s Masterpiece of mystery and melodrama, based on Frederick Knott’s 1952 play stars Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings, Anthony Dawson and John Williams. Tony Wendice (Milland), a tennis star finds out about his wife Margot’s (Kelly) affair with an American novelist (Cummings). Tony then elaborately plots Margot’s murder by hiring a killer. When the attempted murder goes wrong, he twists the story to incriminate her. Rated PG: 1 hour 45 minutes.