Dial M for Murder (1954) First Time Watching! Full Movie Reaction!!
Added 2023-07-29 17:34:30 +0000 UTC
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High Noon is one of my favorite westerns! LOVE IT!
Scott Kerr
2023-08-12 13:57:18 +0000 UTCIf you want to watch a godawful Hitchcock movie, check out Secret Agent (1936). It's terrible lol Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941) doesn't exactly have many redeeming qualities either.
Hunter DeRensis
2023-08-06 05:28:48 +0000 UTCAnother great reaction. Hitchcock has so many great movies and a lot have already been mentioned in the comments. His first American film was Rebecca in 1940. My favorite of his is Shadow of a Doubt, which was I think his third American movie. A lot of his British movies, like The Thirty Nine Steps, are worth checking out as well. Even a lesser Hitchcock movie is worth a viewing. He was just that great of a director. And always remember that Hitchcock never dealt with the supernatural. He could possibly suggest it, like with Mrs. Bates in Psycho, but ultimately in the end his pictures always revealed that mankind was its own worst enemy. There is one that you might possibly argue has a supernatural element, but I won’t tell you until you’ve seen it. Looking forward to the next Hitch reaction.
Robert Boyd
2023-07-31 05:43:11 +0000 UTCNot my favorite Hitchcock film, but still very enjoyable. There is really no such thing as a bad Hitchcock movie. For something in the similar "wrong man accused of murder vein" and a Columbo style catch the real killer - I recommend Hitchcock's Frenzy (1972) - It's a bit edgier - It was Hitchcock's only R rated film (Psycho was also rated R, but that was a re-rating upon a re-release - the original came out before the MPAA rating system). It was Hitchcock's first movie shot in England after something like 30 years. You also owe yourself to watch a true Noir on that poll. They're all classics, but I particularly recommend Double Indemnity, Strangers on A Train (also Hitch), The Killing (a very early Stanley Kubrick film), and a Touch of Evil (Orson Welles). Not on that poll, and a Neo-Noir , I recommend Body Heat, with William Hurt and Kathleen Turner. Oh, and Dan wondered if Tote was the name of a horse- no, it refers to the Tote board (or "totalizator") at race tracks, that display the amount bet on the different horses in a race, and automatically adjust odds in a parimutuel betting system. So Tony makes his bets (or said he made his bets) directly at the track . You make a bet anonymously at a bet window, and get a ticket that you redeem if you win. This is opposed to making a bet off-track with a bookie, who sets the odds directly, and who might remember Tony, which is what Swann was worried about.
Samolina Pilchard
2023-07-30 23:37:42 +0000 UTCCliff your comment is all over the place. None of it is in the right order. The theater manager demanded a change after four days. Customers hated the film in 2d and the word was out. He showed the film with one projector off and people realize how wonderful the film was.
Shawn Brink
2023-07-30 19:40:40 +0000 UTCSecond for Rope !!!
Florian Meier
2023-07-30 11:04:05 +0000 UTCI'd definitely be down if they wanted to do a reaction to Columbo
Kevin Charley
2023-07-30 05:23:46 +0000 UTCOh, it’s definitely a curio. It’s a shame contemporary audiences didn’t like the 3D, which is why only the 2D version become widely available for so long. I didn’t realise it was shot in 3D until it was properly restored more than a decade ago and shown in select cinemas. I watched the 3D version on blu-ray and it was quite a revelation to me, for a film I’ve seen dozens of time in flat-mode!
Michael SCH
2023-07-30 04:47:48 +0000 UTC3D was a nine-day fad, and Dial M for Muder was released on the ninth day. (or something to that effect) After four days in Philadelphia, the theater manager demanded the studio allow him to show the film in 2D. Customers hated it and word was out. When he began showing the film with one projector shut off, people realized how wonderful the film was, and all theaters were told to show the film in 2D only.
Cliff Adams
2023-07-30 04:21:17 +0000 UTCGreat reaction as usual! If it is at all possible for you to watch this film in 3D, I’d recommend it, if only for the experience. This was Hitchcock’s only film he shot in 3D. That’s why you noticed how weirdly the camera was placed in several shots (usually with the furniture blocking the actors). I think Hitchcock uses 3D effectively, highlighting prominent clues or items (handbag, scissors) or accentuates some of the tension (the thumb dialing the M on the rotary phone, the lock slowly turning, the lamp in the centre of the room, Tony hovering past the Inspector’s shoulder as Margo tells the lie why she didn’t call the police). No gimmicky shots of knives or arrows flying towards the viewer! Most of the time, he uses the 3D effect to give depth to the image. You can see many blurred objects in the foreground, with the actors talking behind them as if they were trapped within the confines of the furniture. It’s a nice little murder thriller. If you like more of these types of Hitchcock films, I’d recommend Strangers on a Train, Shadow of a Doubt, Rope, Spellbound, and Frenzy, amongst others.
Michael SCH
2023-07-30 03:51:58 +0000 UTCI think you dead right on this movie being very similar to Columbo. Like a good Columbo episode, instead of this being a whodunit, it is a howcatchem?!
Mike LL
2023-07-30 00:10:38 +0000 UTCThis movie's just pure Hitchcock suspense. I don't know how Hitchcock does it with shooting dialogue scenes in such an engrossing way. That entire first act is pretty much one character laying out his entire plan to someone he's blackmailing into murder. Yet it never stalls the story, it only adds to the suspense. It's the Norman Bates/Marion conversation scene from 'Psycho' on steroids. This was an excellent companion piece to Hitchcock's 'Rope' (1948). Hope that movie comes by on the channel one day :)
Look out, Arbogast!
2023-07-29 23:46:39 +0000 UTCYou guys are on a great, fast roll.
David Wilkins
2023-07-29 22:11:33 +0000 UTCHaha yay! Happy Saturday! -Sam
TBR Schmitt
2023-07-29 22:04:51 +0000 UTCAww I love that! Yes, we haven't seen one we didn't like yet! -Sam
TBR Schmitt
2023-07-29 22:03:20 +0000 UTCThat was great fun. I'm glad we have so much more Hitchcock to watch. I think you'd love "Rope," which is similar to Dial M with its very small cast and single location. Dial M, and your reaction to it, made me think of the TV show Columbo. Each episode of Columbo starts with a murder, which the audience sees. The audience knows the killer from the start. Then Columbo turns up and the entire episode is watching him try to figure out who the killer is. It's a lot like the inspector in Dial M, looking for the killer's one mistake. Columbo is a lot of fun. I think you'd love it. Each episode is one self-contained story, so you can watch them in any order with long gaps in between. If you ever have a couple of slots to fill between shows, check out some of the higher rated episodes! EDIT: I also just remembered. The very first episode of Columbo, Murder by the Book (1971), was directed by Steven Spielberg!
Future Boy
2023-07-29 21:53:20 +0000 UTCThat would be a great choice indeed.
Marcus Cato
2023-07-29 21:51:00 +0000 UTCHigh Noon. Probably in my top 3 westerns!
Future Boy
2023-07-29 21:39:10 +0000 UTCFor more Grace Kelly I recommend High Noon, To Catch a Thief and High Society. As for Hitchcock, Marnie and The Birds are my favourites (that you haven't seen yet)
Odd Thomas
2023-07-29 21:33:27 +0000 UTC'Rebecca' is a masterpiece. Mrs. Danvers is a character who sticks in your mind long after you're done with the film.
Look out, Arbogast!
2023-07-29 20:35:34 +0000 UTCThis is one of my favorite murder mysteries on screen. I love the elaborate yet simple solution of the latchkeys. And the movie's Chief Inspector Hubbard should go down in history as one of the screen's greatest, instead of being one of the most unheralded and forgotten such as Poe's C. Auguste Dupin and Wilkie Collins' Sergeant Duff.
Mike LL
2023-07-29 19:51:44 +0000 UTCJohn Williams is in a bunch of Hitchcock films and TV episodes. He's a great character.
David Martin
2023-07-29 19:47:52 +0000 UTC2 movies at once? gonna be an eventful night tonight
Sebastian Syrinx
2023-07-29 19:25:45 +0000 UTCThe Hitchcock movie I can't recommend enough is Rebecca (1940), it's his only film to win Best Picture. My personal favorite.
Hunter DeRensis
2023-07-29 18:43:58 +0000 UTCPeople may not want to admit it but they are lowkey or highkey hoping for Tony to get away with it. Don’t try to tell me otherwise.
Shehab Dawoud
2023-07-29 18:25:10 +0000 UTCOne of my favorite Hitchcock !!! Love Grace Kelly, what a great Actress!!! You should watch the Remake "A Perfect Murder" from 1998 with Michael Douglas, Viggo Mortensen and Gwyneth Paltrow
Florian Meier
2023-07-29 17:57:17 +0000 UTCI grew up watching Hitchcock movies on t.v. with my mother, and this has always been my favorite of his, although it is hard to choose because all his movies are so great.
Vwlss Nvwls
2023-07-29 17:45:16 +0000 UTC
