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www.moviemartyr.com - : The biggest problem with Dial is that the film’s scope is too small and the level of suspense too low to thoroughly engage the audience for the film’s running time. There are essentially four characters in the film, and only one of them is really that sympathetic. The villain of the piece, Tony Wendice (Ray Milland), seems to be the one that we spend the greatest amount of our time with, so we end up placed in a position, like Psycho where we are basically rooting for the bad guy, since we understand him the most. more...
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2.5/
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www.qwipster.net - : This is a classic Hitchcock film, but credit should go more to the deft script by playwright Frederick Knott with a really smart succession of twists and turns to keep you in suspense. Being written for the stage, this film does very little to venture outside of the livingroom where most of the action takes place, but the tightly constructed plot is still riveting nonetheless. more...
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4/5
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www.filmcritic.com - : M stands for murder and also for mindfuck in this, one of Hitchcock's best films. Based on a stage play by Frederick Knott (whose credits also include another great thriller, Wait Until Dark), Dial M For Murder includes one of the most intricate plots of any murder mystery as well as maximum amounts of Hitchcock's trademark suspense. more...
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5/5
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