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Dial "M" for Murder
by Frederick Knott
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About the Play
The murderous play made famous by the Alfred Hitchcock film of the same name.
Story:
Tony Wendice has married his wife, Margot, for her money and now plans to murder her for the same reason. He arranges the perfect murder. He blackmails a scoundrel he used to know into strangling her for a fee of one thousand pounds, and arranges a brilliant alibi for himself. Unfortunately…the murderer gets murdered and the victim survives. But this doesn't baffle the husband: He sees his hireling's death as an opportunity to have his wife convicted for the murder of the man who tried to murder her, and that is what almost happens. Luckily, the police inspector from Scotland Yard and a young man who is in love with the wife discover the truth, and in a scene of almost unbearable suspense they trap the husband into revealing his guilt, thus freeing Margot.
Playwright
Frederick Knott
Broadway Premiere
- Theatre
- Plymouth Theatre, Booth Theatre
- Opening Night
- Oct 29, 1952
- Total Performances
- 552
- Original Cast
- Maurice Evans, Anthony Dawson, Richard Derr, Gusti Huber, Porter Van Zandt, John Williams
- Director
- Reginald Denham
- Producer
- James P. Sherwood
- Scenic Design
- Peter Larkin
- Costume Design
- Noel Taylor
- Lighting Design
- Peter Larkin
1954 Film Version
- Movie Name
- Dial M for Murder
- Type
- Hollywood Feature Film
- Director
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Screenplay
- Frederick Knott
- Starring
- Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings
1981 Film Version
- Movie Name
- Dial M for Murder
- Type
- Hollywood Feature Film
- Director
- Boris Sagal
- Screenplay
- John Gay
- Starring
- Angie Dickinson, Christopher Plummer, Anthony Quayle
1952 TV Version
- Movie Name
- Dial M for Murder
- Type
- Made for TV Movie: BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
- Director
- Julian Amyes
- Screenplay
- Frederick Knott
- Starring
- Elizabeth Sellars, Basil Appleby, Emrys Jones
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1953 Tony Award Nominations
Best Featured Actor in a Play - John Williams
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