Dial M for Murder: Difference between revisions

* [[Batman Gambit]]: Tony's plans.

* [[Blackmail Is Such an Ugly Word]]:

'''Tony:''' ''Influence'' you. }}

* [[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.

* [[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.

* [[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.