Dial M for Murder
8.1
“Is this the man she was waiting for... or the man who was waiting for her?”
When her American lover visits London, a wealthy woman’s jealous husband hatches a plan to murder her and inherit her fortune.
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Cast
22 people
Ray Milland
Tony Wendice
Known for
The Lost Weekend
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
Grace Kelly
Margot Wendice
Known for
Rear Window
To Catch a Thief
Robert Cummings
Mark Halliday
Known for
Saboteur
The Chase
John Williams
Chief Inspector Hubbard
Known for
To Catch a Thief
Witness for the Prosecution
Anthony Dawson
Charles Swann
Known for
Dr. No
Death Rides a Horse
Leo Britt
Storyteller
Known for
The Court Jester
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Patrick Allen
Detective Pearson
Known for
Captain Clegg
When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth
George Leigh
Detective Williams
Also in
The Fatal Witness
Champagne for Caesar
George Alderson
First Detective
No other roles listed
Robin Hughes
Police Sergeant O'Brien
Known for
The Mole People
The Flame and the Arrow
Jack Cunningham
Bobby (uncredited)
Also in
Doctor Who
The Quare Fellow
Guy Doleman
Detective (uncredited)
Known for
Thunderball
The Ipcress File
Alfred Hitchcock Director · Frederick Knott Screenplay Dimitri Tiomkin Composer
Worldwide gross $3M · Budget $1.4M · United States release May 29, 1954
Box office
Budget
$1,400,000
Worldwide gross
$3,000,000
Gross vs. budget
2.1×
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · May 18, 1954
Premiere · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
United States · May 29, 1954
Theatrical
United States
January 2, 2004 · Theatrical · 3-D version
Australia
April 20, 1955 · Theatrical
July 31, 1986 · Physical
December 31, 1993 · Theatrical · 3-D version
July 1, 2020 · Digital
Austria
January 1, 1955 · Theatrical
Brazil
June 15, 1954 · Theatrical
October 25, 2004 · Physical · DVD
Canada
July 2, 1954 · Theatrical
Denmark
July 18, 1955 · Theatrical
June 7, 1963 · Theatrical · Re-release
Finland
November 12, 1954 · Theatrical
October 5, 1984 · Theatrical · Re-release
France
February 2, 1955 · Theatrical
October 31, 2001 · Theatrical · Re-release
October 26, 2025 · TV · Arte
Germany
December 2, 1954 · Theatrical · West Germany
December 6, 1971 · TV · West Germany
October 17, 1981 · TV · East Germany
Greece
January 24, 1955 · Theatrical
January 10, 2010 · Theatrical · Re-release
India
July 24, 2020 · Digital
Ireland
January 28, 1955 · Theatrical
Italy
November 19, 1954 · Theatrical
Japan
October 26, 1954 · Theatrical
Mexico
November 11, 1954 · Theatrical
Netherlands
August 31, 2005 · Physical · DVD
August 1, 2014 · TV · Nederland 2
Norway
March 10, 1955 · Theatrical
Poland
July 25, 2014 · Premiere · New Horizons Film Festival, 3-D version
Portugal
May 17, 1955 · Theatrical
Singapore
August 29, 2006 · Physical · DVD
September 10, 2019 · Physical · Blu-ray
South Africa
January 26, 1955 · Limited theatrical
South Korea
September 15, 1956 · Theatrical
Spain
December 23, 1954 · Theatrical
April 5, 1971 · TV · TV premiere
Sweden
January 24, 1955 · Theatrical
Türkiye
October 1, 1955 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
June 30, 1954 · Theatrical
July 26, 2013 · Theatrical · Re-release
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