Dial M for Murder
1954 · 105 MIN · IMDB 8.2 · 196,293 VOTES · DIR. Alfred Hitchcock
Overview
An ex-tennis pro carries out a plot to have his wealthy wife murdered after discovering she is having an affair, and assumes she will soon leave him for the other man anyway.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,607 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:02:21 Let me get you another drink.
00:06:10 No, Mark, please, you mustn't.
00:09:53 - You couldn't come to my flat tonight? - Where is it?
00:13:57 - Do you still play? - No, I've given it up.
00:17:23 I had to find out what was in it.
00:20:57 But apparently that was nothing.
00:24:22 That was her idea, not mine.
00:27:55 So don't move until she answers the phone.
00:31:35 I hardly seem to have started.
00:36:03 Well, that settles that.
00:43:40 Hello?
00:50:25 - About two minutes. - Two minutes.
00:58:01 Why, no, of course not.
01:01:18 We assume that he broke in.
01:04:27 And he could have used it to open the door.
01:08:03 After Mrs. Wendice lost my letter...
01:11:22 - Yes, be there right away. - Thanks, old boy. Goodbye.
01:16:24 But I've got that licked.
01:19:52 My sergeant happened to be making inquiries...
01:23:25 Oh, has he?
01:27:21 ...to Charing Cross Station and left it in the checkroom.
01:34:57 You can tell us all about it now.
01:39:27 It took me just half an hour to find it.
200:03:00 - No, I'm afraid not.
Cast & Characters
Ray Milland
Tony Wendice
Grace Kelly
Margot Wendice
Robert Cummings
Mark Halliday
John Williams
Chief Inspector Hubbard
Anthony Dawson
Charles Swann
Leo Britt
The Storyteller
Patrick Allen
Detective Pearson
George Leigh
Detective Williams
George Alderson
First Detective
Robin Hughes
Police Sergeant O'Brien
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,607
Dialogue density15.3 lines / min
First line00:02:21
Final line200:03:00
Production Record
DirectorAlfred Hitchcock
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,400,000
Revenue$3,000,000
IMDb votes196,293