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Summary: Keyed up
Review: They don't make 'em like this anymore. Just as well, we wouldn't make head nor tail of it. He took that key instead of the other key which didn't fit that door so he took that key from the bag and changed it with the key from under the step and then that key wouldn't fit the lock so he changed it for the key in the coat- sheesh! Doesn't answer why I can never find my own bloody keys. I could murder a pint. Anyway, nothing beats Ingrid Bergman in 'Gaslight': "Knife, what knife? You want me to put down the knife? But there is no knife. I am mad, you see, that's it, quite MAD!" Wouldn't work the same with a key in her hand. Which wasn't in anycase the key to the attic where everynight he....etc.
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Summary: Villainous Ray Milland Plots Murder of Beautiful Grace Kelly
Review: Ray Milland and Grace Kelly are an unhappily married couple in this Hitchcock thriller. Milland plays Tony Wendice, a retired tennis pro. Wendice has discovered that his wealthy wife has been unfaithful with an American writer played by Robert Cummings. Wendice decides to murder his wife - a murder to be committed by a shady acquaintance from his college days.
If the murder is successful, Wendice will inherit his wife's money. Poor Grace Kelly. What horrors await?
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Summary: How about releasing DVD in 3-D
Review: A lot of movies released on DVD that were originally filmed using the 3-D process are released not in 3-D. Examples include The Creature From the Black Lagoon, It Came From Outer Space. VHS examples include these same films, plus movies like House of Wax and Phantom of the Rue Morgue. I own Dial M for Murder on VHS and simply love the movie. I's really a blueprint I'm certain the makers of the popular "Columbo" TV series of the 70's used. The murderer plots the murder and then the detecive figures it out. The only mystery is how the detective will figure it out. The difference between Columbo and Dial M, however, is that eveything goes wrong for the murderer in Dial M. I'm not going to get into a review of the film, however, other than to say it's another Hitchcock classic. ...
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Summary: This is a great Alfred Hitchcock classic
Review: This movie is a great thriller that should be put on DVD. It has great actors and a wonderful plot. This movie is one of Hitchcock's finest films. The tension and action in this movie is very high. This movie is automatically a great classic. See it! You won't regret it.
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Summary: Not hitchcock's best,...but still a very good film,...
Review: Hitchcock close to his best,..very good movie for a variety of reasons. Although the plot doesn't contain too many intersting twists, it is executed very effectively as hitchcock often did and raises the movie from good to he "would own" level. If you buy this you will not be disappointed. Hitchcock's best work would have to be Vertigo, North by Northwest and Psycho but this won't disappoint at all.
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Summary: Dial "M" for Murder
Review: I really enjoyed this movie! Grace Kelly and Robert Cummings give a stunning preformance. Ray Milland also gives a good preformance.Alfred Hitchcock is a great director in this great movie. I give it 5 stars!
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Summary: Dial E for Excellence
Review: 'Dial M for Murder' has many of the touches that one associates with Hitchcock, mainly, his masterly use of building up suspense and the way he makes you side with the villain, despite yourself. The acting is excellent. Ray Milland is convincing as the charming but devious husband who attempts to murder his wife, Grace Kelly, who makes a compelling and sympathetic victim. Only Robert Cummings grates as the insufferable 'hero', although this may have had to do more with the part than the actor himself.The flaws of the films are a slight stiffness. There are two reasons for this. 'Dial M for Murder' was originally a play and most of the action takes place in one room. Necessary on a static stage, but limiting and unnatural in a film. It was also shot in 3D at the insistence, and against Hitchcock's objections, of the studios. Since the cameras necessary for 3D were bulky and difficult to manoeuvre, there is a lack of fluidity that adds to the feeling that you are watching a play rather than a film, even if it is an excellent play. However, Hitchcock still manages to produce good cinema. His slow build-up to the attempted murder scene and its thrilling climax is to see the master at his best. A wonderful film that never bores and often startles. Not quite "up there" with Hitchcock's best, but an excellent film nevertheless.
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Summary: Has lost none of its power
Review: Ray Milland is an ex-tennis player (what is it with Hitchcock and tennis players, remember Strangers on a Train?) who has discovered that his wife (Grace Kelly) had a fling with an old friend (Robert Cummings). Ray wants her dead, partially for the money so he hires an old school chum (well, blackmails him, really) to do the job, shows him where the key will be...and things go wrong from there. Not one of the Master's usual "wrong man" scenarios, but stunning nonetheless. I saw this one on a Warner Bros. "Night at the Movies" series videotape. It included two newsreels and a Daffy Duck cartoon. Great fun.
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Summary: This movie should be on DVD!!!
Review: As an Alfred Hitchcock fan, I find it very odd that this movie has yet to be relased in DVD. It is superb and Grace Kelly is awesome as usual. It is one of Hich's best. When it does come out on DVD, I'll be the first to snatch it up!
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Summary: A minimalist classic
Review: Like Rear Window, which was shot at about the same time, this is practically a one-set film, but Dial M for Murder never feels claustrophobic. The film moves along at a brisk pace to its climax -- an elegant film with no wasted motion. Much of the credit has to go to the screenplay, which was by the author who wrote the play "Dial M for Murder." And what a superb play it is! The acting is uniformly top-notch, but Ray Milland steals the show with his low-key performance as the murderous husband. Milland's subtle, shifting expressions let you see his alternating smugness and fear. Hitchcock's direction is a little peculiar in places. Partly this is because the film was shot in 3-D. I've only seen it in 2-D, but Hitchcock sometimes placed something in the foreground and had the action take place in the background to enhance the depth of the cinemaphotography. I'm sure the 3-D audiences oohed and ahhed at this effect, but in 2-D it introduces a somewhat distancing effect. Also, there was one part of the film with a couple of quick edits as if covering a mistake in the filming. Still, Hitchcock's talent shines through as he keeps you engrossed in the action. It's great fun -- don't miss it.
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