
Strangers on a Train(1951)
A charming psychopath tries to coerce a tennis star into his theory that two strangers can commit the perfect crime by exchanging murders—each killing the other’s most-hated person.


“Is this the man she was waiting for... or the man who was waiting for her?”
When her American lover visits London, a wealthy woman’s jealous husband hatches a plan to murder her and inherit her fortune.

Ray Milland
Tony Wendice

Grace Kelly
Margot Wendice

Robert Cummings
Mark Halliday

John Williams
Chief Inspector Hubbard

Anthony Dawson
Charles Swann
Leo Britt
Storyteller

Patrick Allen
Detective Pearson
George Leigh
Detective Williams
George Alderson
First Detective

Robin Hughes
Police Sergeant O'Brien
Dial M for Murder is a thriller, crime film released in 1954 exploring themes of adultery, london, england, jealousy, blackmail, detective, tennis player. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, it stars Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings. When her American lover visits London, a wealthy woman’s jealous husband hatches a plan to murder her and inherit her fortune.
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