Dial M for Murder - film review

Hitchcock's 45th feature, starring Grace Kelly, has been re-released. Shot in 3D, it features innovative camera-work that is now viewed as the thriller's main selling point
26 July 2013

Even Hitchcock wasn't very keen on his 45th feature, which Warner Bros forced him to shoot in 3D. He thought the latter was a gimmick yet, as demonstrated by this re-release, the innovative camera-work is now viewed as the thriller's main selling point. Ray Milland is great as cold fish Tony Wendice, a former tennis pro who plans to bump off his adulterous wife. Still, Grace Kelly is mis-cast (or misdirected) as the spouse in question. We can't make sense of her affair and so a potentially fascinating theme (does her guilt blind her to Tony's?) is merely confusing. Sod the bloomin' latch key. What does this woman want?

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