
Dial M for Murder(1954)
When her American lover visits London, a wealthy woman’s jealous husband hatches a plan to murder her and inherit her fortune.


“The Suspense Begins...From the Very First Second!”
American ex-Air Force man and current businessman Bob Macklin is married to the impoverished Italian-born Lisa. Bob’s jealousy and immaturity irks Lisa, who tells him she’s planning to file for a divorce before his plane departs on a business trip for Casablanca.

Sophia Loren
Lisa Macklin

Anthony Perkins
Robert Macklin

Gig Young
David Barnes

Yolande Turner
Barbara Ford

Tommy Norden
Johnny

Élina Labourdette
Mme. Lafont

Mathilde Casadesus
Mme. Duval

Jacqueline Porel

Pascale Roberts
Streetwalker

Marc Doelnitz
Five Miles to Midnight is a thriller, drama, crime film released in 1962 exploring themes of newspaper, husband wife relationship, airplane, love triangle, staged death, blackmail. Directed by Anatole Litvak, it stars Sophia Loren, Anthony Perkins, Gig Young. American ex-Air Force man and current businessman Bob Macklin is married to the impoverished Italian-born Lisa. Bob’s jealousy and immaturity irks Lisa, who tells him she’s planning to file for a divorce before his plane departs on a business trip for Casablanca.
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