Dial M for Murder
“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.
Genres
Thriller, Crime, Drama
Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Dial M for Murder performed
Budget
$1.4M
Worldwide Gross
$3.0M
Gross Profit
$1.6M
Return
2.1× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$479K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~42/58, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (38% of the domestic run, typical for Thriller) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Tony Wendice
Ray Milland
Tony Wendice
Margot Wendice
Grace Kelly
Margot Wendice
Mark Halliday
Robert Cummings
Mark Halliday
Chief Inspector Hubbard
John Williams
Chief Inspector Hubbard
Charles Swann
Anthony Dawson
Charles Swann
Storyteller
Leo Britt
Storyteller
Detective Pearson
Patrick Allen
Detective Pearson
Detective Williams
George Leigh
Detective Williams
First Detective
George Alderson
First Detective
Police Sergeant O'Brien
Robin Hughes
Police Sergeant O'Brien
Bobby (uncredited)
Jack Cunningham
Bobby (uncredited)
Detective (uncredited)
Guy Doleman
Detective (uncredited)
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