---
title: 'Dial M for Murder (1954)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Alfred Hitchcock'
released: '1954-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 101
certification: 'PG'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Action'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Mystery'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/dial-m-for-murder-1954'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046912/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Dial M for Murder (1954)

1954 · PG · 101 min · Drama, Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller · United States


## Synopsis

Dial M for Murder is a 1954 American crime thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings, Anthony Dawson, and John Williams. Both the screenplay and the successful stage play on which it was based were written by English playwright Frederick Knott. The play premiered in 1952 on BBC Television, before being performed on stage in the same year in London's West End in June, and then New York City's Broadway in October.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Alfred Hitchcock](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-hitchcock)
- **Producer:** [Alfred Hitchcock](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-hitchcock)
- **Screenplay:** [Frederick Knott](https://cinepixo.com/people/frederick-knott)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Dimitri Tiomkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/dimitri-tiomkin)
- **Director of Photography:** [Robert Burks](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-burks)
- **Editor:** [Rudi Fehr](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudi-fehr)

## Cast

- [Patrick Allen](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-allen)
- [Robert Cummings](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-cummings)
- [Martin Milner](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-milner)
- [Guy Doleman](https://cinepixo.com/people/guy-doleman)
- [Ray Milland](https://cinepixo.com/people/ray-milland)
- [Bess Flowers](https://cinepixo.com/people/bess-flowers)
- [Alfred Hitchcock](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-hitchcock)
- [Harold Miller](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-miller)
- [John Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-williams)
- [Anthony Dawson](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-dawson)
- [Grace Kelly](https://cinepixo.com/people/grace-kelly)

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