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Dial M for Murder (1954)
Re-released by Warner Home Video
Movies have always been about the New and Exciting, but never more so than in the idea of the remake, or the curious Hollywood practice of “updating” old films for contemporary audiences. ...
Dial M for Murder is a case in the point and it has actually become an endangered species of sorts with the release of its latest adaptation in A Perfect Murder last year. ... Although both films were based on the play by Frederick Knott, Dial M for Murder was a subtle exercise in generating intrigue and suspense cinematically while A Perfect Murder, despite its contemporary updating, was a confusing attempt to make an action film out of a melodramatic mystery.
Thankfully, this can be seen in the recently re-released home video version of Dial M for Murder. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, the film is about a retired tennis player named Tony Wendice (Ray Milland) who ingeniously plots to murder his unfaithful wife (Grace Kelly).
Approximate Word count = 784
Approximate Pages = 3.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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