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''Dial M for Murder'' is a 1954 thriller directed by [[Alfred Hitchcock]], based on a play by Frederick Knott, who also wrote the screenplay of the movie.
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The film was remade in 1998, with the title ''[[A Perfect Murder]]''.
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* [[3D Movie]]: ''Dial M For Murder'' was filmed in 3D, but by the time of its release, the 3D fad was dying out, so it had only a brief original release in 3D, followed by a conventional, "flat" release.
* [[Affably Evil]]: Tony.
* [[Batman Gambit]]: Tony's plans.
* [[Blackmail Is Such an Ugly Word]]:
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'''Swann:''' Blackmail me?
'''Tony:''' ''Influence'' you.
* [[Chekhov's Armory]]: Almost every single detail in the earlier scenes ends up affecting the course of the investigation.▼
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: When Margot wants to go out at the night she's supposed to be killed, Tony persuades her to stay home instead, and finish pasting her newspaper clippings. She forgets to put away the scissors she uses for that, and eventually manages to stab Swann with them.
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▲* [[Chekhov's Armory]]: Almost every single detail in the earlier scenes ends up affecting the course of the investigation.
▲* [[Colour-Coded for Your Convenience]]: Margot wears bright colors at the start of the film, then progressively darker ones as time goes on.
* [[Creator Cameo]]: As usual for Hitchcock, but a particularly clever example--he is in the class reunion photo along with Swann and Tony.
* [[Faking and Entering]]: Type 2.▼
▲* [[Faking and Entering]]: Type 2
* [[Gold Digger]]: Tony is a male example, as he married Margot for her money. She, however, as opposed to most [[Meal Ticket|Meal Tickets]] is young and beautiful.
* [[Graceful Loser]]: Tony. After a brief moment of shock when he's eventually caught, he calmly congratulates everyone and pours them some wine.
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* [[The Perfect Crime]]: Tony wants to commit the perfect murder; he even asks Mark if he believes in it. Mark says that [[Lampshade Hanging|it's possible on paper, but not in real life]].
* [[Police Are Useless]]: Subverted; while the police officers at first seem to fall for Tony's manipulations and arrest Margot, Chief Inspector Hubbard (John Williams) eventually solves the case. Near the film's climax, he even scolds Mark for nearly blowing the case.
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* [[Reverse Whodunnit]]: The audience knows from the beginning that Tony is behind everything.
* [[Sarcastic Confession]]: Tony gets overconfident and makes the mistake of giving one to a policeman.
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* [[This Is Reality]]: Near the end, Mark is desperate to save Margot from being executed and comes to Tony with an idea he's worked out of how Tony could claim he had been trying to kill Margot and spend a few years in prison in exchange for saving her life. Unknowingly, he proceeds to outline almost the exact same plan that Tony actually used. Tony says that nobody would believe a story like that.
* [[Villain Protagonist]]: Tony.
* [[Wrongly Accused]]: Margot.
* [[Xanatos Speed Chess]]: One of the great film examples.
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