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Dial M for Murder (1954)

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• Director Cameo: [Alfred Hitchcock] about 13 minutes into the film, on the left side of the reunion photograph.
  
  
• Alfred Hitchcock arranged to have Grace Kelly dressed in bright colors at the start of the film and made them progressively darker as time goes on.
  
  
• Filmed in 3D, which explains the prevalence of low-angle shots with lamps and other objects between us and the cast members. There was only a brief original release in 3D, followed by a conventional, "flat" release; the 3D version was reissued in 1980.
  
  

• Shot in 36 days.
  
  
• Visa d'exploitation en France #15714.
  
  
• Dial M for Murder opened at the Plymouth Theater on October 29, 1952 and ran for 552 performances.
  
  
• Ranked #9 on the American Film Institute's list of the 10 greatest films in the genre "Mystery" in June 2008.
  
  

• SPOILER: After several unsuccessful attempts to film the scene where Margot stabs Swan with the scissors, Alfred Hitchcock said, "This is nicely done but there wasn't enough gleam to the scissors, and a murder without gleaming scissors is like asparagus without the hollandaise sauce - tasteless."
  
  

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