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This was a play first written by Frederick Knott. The author also wrote "Wait Until Dark" another play made into another great movie from 1967 with Audrey Hepburn and Alan Arkin.
And if there's ever a film to be classed as a 'jump out of the dark' thriller, it's THAT film. Highest recommendation although I never EVER forgave Efren Zimbalist Jr. What a jerk of a husband. Good grief.
Detective Dawn would find "The Thin Man" a great watch. A murder mystery-comedy, you will love William Powell and Myrna Loy.
Detective Dawn would love the comedy of The Thin Man! I second this recommendation
I would want her to watch the whole series of Thin Man movies, the development of the main protagonists relation is created and portrayed absolutely masterfully. They are also funny as hell and the first one has even a very young Jimmy Steward in it. I have to agree, she couldn't help but love them.
@@GentleGiantJason i third it
@@jeffaddis5715 You're the third man!
@@JasonNaas 😁
The Inspector actor also has a part in Hitchcock's beautifully shot "To Catch a Thief." Which also has Grace Kelly and Cary Grant. Shot in Monaco, with one of the first long shots from a helicopter ever done.
Edit: whoops. Shot in the French Riviera.
BTW, Robert Cummings was in a Hitchcock film that is a WW2 spy adventure, called Saboteur. It has a great villain and winds up at a famous NYC landmark.
And Grace Kelly wears a swimsuit in that one, so Dawn will get to check out her bod.
He was a Hitchcock favourite and appeared in many of his short dramas.
It was shot In Cannes, Nice, Villefranch-sur-Mer, and Saint-Jeannet - all in France.
Not a Hitchcock movie but still pretty great, he was also in Witness for the Prosecution.
@@jollyrodgers7272 Good catch. She became the Princess of Monaco. My mistake.🤦
Throwing salt over the shoulder is an old-fashioned gesture for good luck, like crossed fingers.
Aye, but it didnah work so well for-r-r Tony
@@billolsen4360- It didn't work so well for Harry in Dumb And Dumber either.
Supposedly it's to "blind the devil who's whispering in your ear"
@@bossfan49- flippin' cool. I'm gonna memorize that.
Your guesses are always so wrong. Very entertaining. 😂
Witness for the Prosecution is another fantastic mystery with the inspector actor.
Yes, John Williams is a supporting character, along with Elsa (BRIDE OF FRANK) Lanchester, Henry Daniell, Torin Thatcher, Una O'Connor... a veritable who's who of wonderful supporting actors. This is a film always worth a re-watch, too. "Wanna kiss me, Ducky?!!" Charles Laughton has so many battles in this film - against his nurse Elsa, against his client even (Tyrone Powers) and absolutely the best battle against the Wicked Wife, Marlene Dietrich. That's worth the price of admission - or re-admission, time after time
Ironically, many people thought Hitchcock directed WITNESS to the point where they were coming up to him and complimenting on it. Hitchock ended up apologizing to Billy Wilder for the mistake.
John Williams played the part of the Inspector on Broadway. Hitch bought the rights and brought Williams into the movie. Lots of people have mentioned To Catch a Thief. He plays a very similar part with Doris Day in a thriller, Midnight Lace.
Williams won a Tony Award for the role.
She wasn't going to prison for the murder, she would have been hung. The black cloth placed on the judge's head signified he was about to give the death sentence.So not a reasonable sentence for adultery..
Also, for a good murder mystery/comedy, I suggest watching The Thin Man (1934). I challenge you to solve it while laughing at/with one of the best married couples and their dog in movies.
There are several great Caper Couple series of films, too. The TORCHY BLAINE series... The Joel & Garda Sloane series (FAST COMPANY, 1938, etc)... HILDEGARDE WITHERS series with Edna Mae Oliver and James Gleason... and so many others.
@@Cbcw76TORCHY BLAINE!!! I remember seeing the series on a TCM marathon 20 or so years ago when I was first getting into black and whites, but I couldn't remember enough specifics to find it when I was trying to look it up later. THANK YOU! ❤
@@enderkay I collect those Caper-Couple films and they are, one and all, terrific. TORCHY is kinda weird because - like so many series, the lead actor(s) are swapped out towards the end, practically driving a stake thru the heart of enthusiastic audiences. But the HILDEGARD WITHERS series (starts with Edna May Oliver & James Gleason in 1930s, ends up with Eve Arden & James Gregory) is a good one, too, spanning some 4 decades. Well... too many to name, and there are so many single-title couples, too.
It's hilarious that Dawn is rooting for the murderer and then the husband
Yeah wtf is that all about? Send her to prison for LIFE for cheating...but let me coach the two BLACKMAIL and MURDER conspirators how to get away with it. 🙄
@@bossfan49 I mean, I don't blame people for rooting for the bad guy. Hitchcock is a master manipulator. Who didn't watch Psycho and accidentally find themself hoping Norman wouldn't get caught while cleaning up the murder scene, and wanting the car to finish sinking? Or rooting for a thief in Heist or The Score?
This is just a strange one to do it on. Grace Kelly is clearly the most sympathetic character.
John Williams, the Chief Inspector, played the insurance claim investigator in To Catch a Thief, which feature Grace Kelly as well as Carey Grant. An excellent film, and also by Hitchcock. You’ll love it, and I haven’t found that anyone else has reacted to it. Thanks for this one, Dawn.
cinema-going was massive in 1954. My parents were married in 1952 and told me they went to "the pictures" every week and often more than once (at least before they had kids).
Can you imagine watching this movie in a theatre in 1954? Britain was still under rationing, life was bleak, you worked hard for very little. My parents had outside loo until 1967.
This film, and many like it, were a real escape mechanism. Wonderful times.
I thoroughly enjoyed your reaction to this, Dawn. The Inspector was played by, John Williams, he's in another Hitchcock film, "To Catch a Thief" so you get to see him again in that, along with Cary Grant and Grace Kelly too! What more could you want?
Grace Kelly die after an auto accident on the mountain road above Monte Carlo… the same road that she raced around in “To Catch a Thief”!
@@jimglenn6972 I didn't know that, thank you.
This was a 3D movie upon release, with almost no 3D trickery or 3D effects, except one. When Grace Kelly is being strangled, she is twisted around on to her back, and her arm reaches out for the scissors. In 3D, it was as though her hand was reaching right out to YOU, in your face, pleading with you to put the scissors in her hand so she could save herself.
Dial M for Dawn and well done for reacting to this classic Hitchcock. No one says murder like a Scott.
*Scot
The famous Audrey Hepburn film "Wait Until Dark" was written by the same author who wrote the play that "Dial M for Murder" was based on. I think you would like that one too.
The actor who played the inspector was John Williams. He also appears in Hitchcock’s To Catch A Thief that stars Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, and of course John Williams. Highly recommended!
John Williams who plays Chief Inspector Hubbard was in a couple of dozen other films, 2 other Hitchcock films: "The Paradine Case" and "To Catch a Thief". He was also in many "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" TV series episodes.
Does anybody like “Paradine Case”? I’ve tried many times but consistently failed to engage with it. The cast is full of fun people but it felt like Hitchcock only did it to get out from under David Selznick or something. No idea if that was the case, but I can’t recall a more lackluster entry in Hitchcock’s filmography.
@@karlmortoniv2951 Like you, I never cared much and I've only seen it 3 times over decades. Just a 'meh' film to me... not bad enough to remember it, nor good enough, either. Just a mediocre film.
Ray Milland is an actor who never quite reached superstar status yet is always a pleasure to watch. He had the role of Bulldog Drummond in "Bulldog Drummond Escapes," 1937, a steward in "We're Not Dressing." 1934 Bing Crosby and Carole Lombard and one of my favorite movies "Three Smart Girls." 1936. Three Smart Girls is a very smart comedy. Ray Milland usual role was as an affable leading man who was chivalrous. Almost forgot "Easy Living." 1937 Milland, Edward Arnold and Jean Arthur.
In "Dial M For Murder," he was playing against type.
"The Doctor Takes a Wife" (1940, Ray Milland & Loretta Young) is a nice little romcom.
@@paintedjaguar I have seen that.
Also (The Major & The Minor) 1942 with Ginger Rogers, also Billy Wilder`s first U.S. film as Director.
@@long-timesci-fienthusiast9626 It's a good movie, but not a favorite.
Dawn laughing maniacally as Grace Kelly is framed for murder is *chef's kiss*
One thread I've noticed with every Dawn reaction. Dawn really seems to hate women and no matter what, will always talk crap about them and root against them, always; it's kinda weird quite frankly.
@@EVzipper48 I find that to be one of her most endearing qualities lol
So you also have some issues about women huh buddy, very interesting. Dawn seems to have major issues especially with strong women characters in films, they especially bring out her venom. Dawn honey, just because women are subservient over in Scotland doesn't mean they are over here in the USA, and like it or not, their strength is reflected in our films. @@RoosterCogburn1008
don't mess with Grace Kelly, so gorgeous
What a smooth and smart film. As it was originally a play it handles its (mostly) one room story exceptionally. And you did a good job predicting a plot point right at the beginning. 'Sleuth' (the original one from 1972) is another one you might like.
John Williams (Inspector) was also in 10 episodes of the TV series, Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
The letter is what Hitchcock called a MacGuffin: the thing the characters want but the audience doesn't care what it is.
You caught on to Tony's scheming right away and his getting Swan's fingerprints on the letter.
Hitchcock is in that photo from the reunion. That serves as his cameo for this movie.
She was probably just sentimental about the letter. She loved him and was going to try and make things work out with her husband (for whom, I assume, she also had some residual love), but she wanted to keep a remembrance.
They found her guilty and she was sentenced to be hanged. They got her out to test this theory.
The bad old days when they'd arrest a guy for walking down the street with a handbag.
A man who only married her for her money and then ignored her, only to pay attention once she got attention from a different man and fell in love with him (and probably slept with him). Then the husband starts to pay attention to her again but only to kill her. She's not perfect, but she doesn't deserve that. Anyway, she thought she was going to be executed.
I enjoyed the reaction very much; your bloodthirstiness (for lack of a better word) is very amusing.
When Dawn gets excited... it's so much fun!
John Williams was a favorite of Hitchcock. In addition to his film roles, he appeared in a number of the Alfred Hitchcock TV show episodes. He's great.
I loved the episode where he tries to murder his wife and it turns into a dark comedy of errors. Williams is one of my favourite familiar faces.
I know how you like the old crime and punishment movies from the B&W days, so if you get a chance - watch, "To Kill a Mockingbird", "Anatomy of a Murder" and maybe "In the Heat of the Night" (although its in color). They are all worth seeing.
The inspector guy is John Williams. He was active on stage, film and television from 1924 to 1979 so he has been in a lot of things. Wikipedia lists many of those. Interestingly, he was in other Alfred Hitchcock things including TV episodes of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents".
She should have well over 100k subscribers. Absolutely charming, funny, fetching. And pretty. What a personality she has. Be still my heart.
the fun of a sharp, devious, fun detective digging around a suspect .. i suspect Dawn would love the antique 1970s Columbo TV series. (just now, this detective, on his way out, said "and just one other thing" .. that's practically Columbo's catch phrase! I wonder if Columbo is a shabby version of this detective)
ps: Columbo TV series is unusual in that it has no car chases and no gunfights.
Oh yes - excellent suggestion. The older ones of course. Any Old Port in a Storm?
@@davidcarter5038 - also .. (i had a little search for Columbo episodes) ..
it looks like Steven Spielberg directed the first season first episode (1974) Murder by the Book. No idea what that's about. But it should be interesting.
Terrific idea for Dawn to watch Columbo. After seeing "Dial M for Murder", Dawn will love "How to Dial a Murder" (Columbo Season 7). Furthermore, the husband in Dial M for M, Ray Milland, starred in two Columbo episodes: "Death Lends a Hand" (Season 1) and "The Greenhouse Jungle" (Season 2).
@@davidgilchrist9009 - you know, i think Dial M for Murder has the same structure as a Columbo episode. We see who did it and how it was done and the coverup .. no mystery there. So it's all about cat and mouse between the detective and suspect.
Hitchcock was a true master. Still waiting for a director who can do suspense the way he did.
You can't do a movie like that today ... no real violence, no blood, no bombs exploding, no-one hanging from a helocopter and no guns spitting death.
'Psycho', 'The Birds', 'Rebecca' and 'Strangers On A Train' are all classic Hitchcock imo...
Strangers On A Train, to be followed the next day with Throw Momma From The Train!
I'm glad you finally saw this one, I knew 'Detective Dawn' would be intrigued.
This movie was originally shot in 3-D. I saw it in 3-D (with the aid of the little plastic glasses) at a special screening at the Detroit Institute of Arts back in 1981.
The husband was played by Ray Milland. He's known for two great films that you really need to add to your list, "The Lost Weekend" (directed by the great Billy Wilder) where he plays an alcoholic, and the low budget science fiction classic, "The Man with the X-Ray Eyes". The other guy, the writer, was Bob Cummings. He was in a few films, but he was best known for a TV show he starred in in the 1950s called "Love That Bob".
Cummings was the star of Hitchcock's "Saboteur" (1942). A good one for Dawn, with its memorable Statue of Liberty finale.
Plus, she just saw Milland in "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid" (... in the sugar-bowl scene from Lost Weekend).
This is definitely one of his finest films as a stand alone story, it is well paced and the twists just keep coming, I loved this reaction especially your prediction at the beginning lol Detective Dawn strikes again!!!! 🤣
John Williams who played the Inspector is also in Hitchcock's "To Catch A Thief" which also has Grace Kelly and Cary Grant. A must watch.
I wish you would react to The 39 Steps! Classic early Hitchcock, much of set in Scotland! Shot in beautiful black and white.
3:13 Robert Cummings is also an actor who has largely been forgotten. He was in a Hitchcock movie I have read about but haven't seen "Saboteur." 1942. Cummings is in one favorite Deeana Durbin movies (other that Three Smart Girls) "It Started with Eve." 1941 In that movie Deanna Durbin Sings "Goin' Home," I always cry a bit when hearing even though a man can only cry when his father dies, or his dog dies. "Goin' Home," sounds like a black spiritual but was written by Dvorak. Dvorak when writing "New World Symphony," actually visited the place my mother was born Ridgeway Iowa.
This is a great movie. It’s like a Columbo episode before Columbo was even invented. The detective even does the bit where he’s leaving and then stops and says “oh just one more thing” 😊
The inspector was played by John Williams who played a similar role in Hitchcock's To Catch a Thief with Grace Kelly and Cary Grant, AND the chauffeur, father to Audrey Hepburn's character in Sabrina (also starring Humphrey Bogart and William Holden.
Shot in 3D in 1953.
Dial M for....
...More Marx Brothers!!!
I think 3 are left including one good one and even the two "meh" films still have piano and harp playing sequences.
BTW, I love the Marx Brothers figures on the shelf behind you. I have the same ones.
This was delightful as ever. The murderer-who-gets-murdered, Anthony Dawson, was a Scot. John Williams, who plays the inspector, was one of Hitchcock's favourites I think, he cast him several times in his TV show and he's also in To Catch a Thief. I think you'd also enjoy him in Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?, Witness for the Prosecution and Sabrina.
John Williams, the actor portraying your beloved inspector, also played a pivotal role in the movie, Sabrina-- he played Sabrina's father-- which was directed by your friend Billy Wilder. So that is definitely a movie you should put on your list, either for reactions or just your personal enjoyment.
Try watching Ray Milland in The Uninvited. It's a chilling ghost story.
Dial M for Murder was initially released in 3D, but early audiences hated that version and stayed away in droves. A conventional 2D print was quickly produced and the film went on to be very successful. Years later a restoration of the 3D version was well received.
I think you would adore the 1949 black comedy Kind Hearts and Coronets, in which a man sets out to murder his way to a Dukedom. Killing 6 members of his family, all played by Sir Alec Guinness (Obi Wan Kenobi to younger viewers).
The fact that the Inspector actor John Williams also appears in To Catch A Thief, as I've learned from these comments, must surely mean one thing: it's down to the Riviera for the next one.
Dawn Marie, did you notice that Alfred Hitchcock was in the picture they took down off the wall? Hitchcock is famous for making brief cameo appearances in his movies.
"Did it have pictures in it?" Classic 🤣🤣🤣
She Margo did receive the death sentence. The magistrate wore the "black cap" (that black cloth) on his head when he pronounced sentence.
He was a Judge, not a magistrate. Magistrates do not preside over murder trials.
Your reaction to the suspense all throughout, but esp the end, was AWESOME. Thanks for reacting to this masterpiece.
I saw the stage play of this with Roddy McDowall (you know him as Cornelius in _Planet of the Apes,_ but you should definitely check out more of his work) as the inspector. And he used a Scottish accent for the part!
John Williams (no relation to the composer) also appeared in TO CATCH A THIEF and several episodes of ALFRED HITCHOCK PRESENTS. He also won a Tony Award for appearing in the Broadway production of this movie.
Fun fact is that one of John Williams last roles was in the original Battlestar Galactica in 1979.
The quorum had a rotating door of special residing guests. Ray popped up there as well.
A really excellent Hitchcock film that's somewhat less known is The 39 Steps.(1935).
The actor who played the inspector was also in To Catch A Their with Cary Grant
The guy who played inspectors name is John Williams. Good movie.
This was a long running play before the movie was made. The inspector in the movie was the same actor that filled that role in the play, and was consequently quite comfortable/ familiar with his character, & it shows👌
"Unfaithfully Yours" 1984 staring Dudley Moore has a hilarious parody of "Dial M for Murder" in it.
The original script said that Margo would put on her housecoat before answering her telephone, but Grace Kelley pointed out that no woman who is home alone would do so. From then on, Hitchcock let GK make her own wardrobe decisions.
19:58 He sounded like Columbo! lol
really glad you enjoyed this so much. It's one of my favorites. Of all the reaction channels, you definitely have the best content and movie selections. Great variety and not afraid to explore different styles and decades. Well done. Keep it up 😊
Dawn Marie, the older gent who played the police inspector is John Williams (no relation to the famous composer).
He is also in Witness for the Prosecution, a wonderful courtroom drama which I think you will love. Though I must admit his role in that movie doesn't have the same panache as in this one.
I recommend "Strangers on a Train" and "Shadow of a Doubt".
Three other good movies with Ray Milland (Tony) are _The Uninvited_ (a ghost story), _The Big Clock_ (mystery thriller), and _The Lost Weekend_ (drama). He was also in a version of _Beau Geste._
Rope,with jimmy Stewart is pretty good.
Well done Dawn
Love how in 3 or so minutes at the beginning, you immediately come up with Tony's later plan: "The letter is gone because she killed him!"
"Hitchcock is a genius... He's even more of a genius than I am, and that's hard." LOL!
32:00 moodlift test.-Ernie Moore Jr.
9:14 Back in the day (1954) paper currency was impossible to monitor. In the early 70's paper currency was marked with fluorescent tags for illicit payoff money which stopped kidnappings.
You absolutely have to watch the criminally underrated Hitchcock masterpiece THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY (1955). Definitely a comfort movie, and very cheerie-uppie indeed.
Dawn, you've not yet reacted to Hitch's 2nd best picture, *"Notorious",* starring Cary Grant & Ingrid Bergman (of, Casablanca, fame). It's bloody brilliant!
To Catch a Thief, has the inspector and her too.
I love how beautifully clueless you were until 4:20... then your inner-criminal kicked in!
That actor is in another great Hitchcock To Catch a Thief with Grace Kelly and Carey Grant
Great reaction! Great Taggart impression, i'm sure being Scottish helps with that lol. My 6th favourite Hitchcock after Frenzy, Rear Window, Psycho, North By Northwest, and Rope.
The crime was even worse; when he Dialed M for Murder he reversed the phone charges.
Some quick Hitchcock recommendations: Psycho, Birds, Spellbound and the Man Who Knew Too Much. And as Dawn has already seen Dial M for Murder, North By Northwest, and Vertigo,, she is almost ready to see the Mel Brook's High Anxiety.
I would also suggest the double feature of Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train and Danny DeVito's Throw Momma From the Train. :)
Taggart had the best pronunciations of "Murder".
It's just uncanny how inspector Dawn gets the plot exactly right every time 😂
Tony is played by Ray Milland. He starred in many notable films but one you might find interesting is The Thief (1952). The film is noted for having no spoken dialogue. (But it isn't a silent film.)
I finally subscribed thanks to this reaction. I think what's comforting about Hitchcock's films is the way that every aspect of them shows attention and craft at work. The precision of his directing and the lyrical flow from shot to shot create a seamless experience. We get lost in his world and can forget our own for a couple hours. I'm thrilled to see your enthusiasm for my favorite director, Dawn, and hope you continue your journey. My recommendation for your next Hitch experience is a treasured movie of my younger days: To Catch A Thief. Cary Grant and Grace Kelly on the Riviera with stolen jewels, murder, and romance!
The Inspector can be seen, along with Grace Kelly and Cary Grant in Hitchcock's "It Takes a Thief", but your next Hitchcock film should be "Shadow of a Doubt"
Our delightful inspector is played by John Williams, who appears many times in the tv series "Alfred Hitchcock Presents", and many, many other productions. I adore watching him. Here, in this role, I've always felt he was a kind of prototype for Lt. Columbo, central character of a popular 1970s tv series, which our family watched and enjoyed during its first run. Columbo, played by Peter Falk, is a rumpled, absentminded, humble detective who winds up opposing murderers who are richer, "smarter", quicker and .... well, taller ... than he is, and yet, by skillful underplaying, and dogged wearing down, Columbo always gets his man. His trademark line was: "Oh, just one more thing." Falk commented that being suspected by Columbo was like being pecked to death by a duck.
Columbo was the greatest detective character ever created for TV, and the Columbo series is one of the greatest of all time - and John Williams plays the murder victim in one of the episodes.
Dawn ...you are awesome. Are you familiar with the TV detective called Colombo? The episodes were 1.5 hours long and, like this film, the audience sees the murder planned and take place then we watch as Colombo figures it all out. I, for one, would re-watch any of those with you. Thanks for brightening everyone's day with your uploads
Have you seen "The Ladykillers" (1954)? Not by Hitchcock, but a stellar crime movie with great performances by Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom and Alec Guinness. Lots of interesting twists and turns.
BTW, this Bio reminds me, WATCH the "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" TV show! --- The Chief Inspector... "
John Williams was a tall, urbane Anglo-American actor best known for
his role as Chief Inspector Hubbard in
Dial M for Murder (1954), a
role he played on Broadway, in
Alfred Hitchcock's classic 1954
film, and on television in 1958. Playing Hubbard on the Great White Way
brought him the 1953 Tony Award as Best Featured Actor in a Play. "Dial
M for Murder" was the 27th Broadway play he had appeared in since
making his New York debut in "The Fake" in 1924, which he had
originally appeared in back in his native England.
Williams was born on April 15, 1903 in Buckinghamshire and attended
Lancing College. He first trod the boards as a teenager in a 1916
production of Peter Pan (1924). He
moved to America in the mid-1920s and was a busy and constantly
employed stage actor for 30 years. After "Dial M for Murder" in the
1953-54 season, though, he appeared in only four more Broadway plays
between 1955 and 1970 as he focused on movies and television.
In addition to "Dial M for Murder", he appeared in Hitchcock's
The Paradine Case (1947) and in
To Catch a Thief (1955) and in
10 episodes of the TV series
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955).
For Billy Wilder, he appeared in
Sabrina (1954) and
Witness for the Prosecution (1957).
Beginning in the 1960s, most of his work was in television, including a
nine-episode stint on
Family Affair (1966) taking
over Sebastian Cabot's duties as
Brian Keith's butler when Cabot was
waylaid by health problems.
He retired in the late '70s, his last acting gig being an appearance on
Battlestar Galactica (1978)
in 1979. He was known by many in the last phase of his career for his
work on one of the first TV infomercials, when he served as the
pitchman for a classical music record collection called "120 Music
Masterpieces."
John Williams died on May 5, 1983 in La Jolla, California from an
aneurysm. He was 80 years old.
- IMDb Mini Biography By: Jon C. Hopwood
Family
Spouse
Helen(? - May 5, 1983) (his death)
Children
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Trivia
He substituted for Sebastian Cabot, as the gentleman's gentleman, or butler, for Brian Keith's Bill Davis character, in the sitcom Family Affair (1966). This was during Cabot's eight episode leave of absence (plus one overlapping episode, where they both appeared) from the program, after Cabot developed pneumonia in 1967. Williams portrayed the part of Mr. Giles French's brother, Nigel ("Niles") French.
Won Broadway's 1953 Tony Award as Best Supporting or Featured Actor
(Dramatic) for "Dial M for Murder," a role that he recreated in the
film version of the same name, Dial M for Murder (1954).
Did you catch Hitch's Cameo? .... He was in the Picture of the Reunion!
The actor who plays the detective in this Hitchcock film is also in "To Catch a Theif "
Dawn talking about saying murder with a Scottish accent made me think of when I was laid up in cardiac intensive care in December 2018 and couldn't do anything except watch TV, and the trailer for the "Mary Queen of Scots" with Saoirse Ronan as Mary saying "If you MURTHer me, you MURTHer your Queen!" was shown over and over again until I went from "Oh, this looks interesting" to "Oh, I am so sick of this and the way she pronounces 'murder' as 'MURTHer.'" I might not have felt that way if she had pronounced "murder" the way Dawn pronounces "murrrrder."
BEST "DIAL M" REACTION EVER!!!
It was filmed in 3D hence a lot of the unusual angles you see in the film.
I like the way you Scots say murder, it works! Coming from the north of Ireland, ye can't beat a strong accent:)
‘“It served her right”. Just bizarre!
I have a Scottish character in a novel I'm rewriting and how he says "murder" is particularly references.
For your next Hitchcock I suggest _To Catch a Thief_ (1955). It stars Cary Grant and Grace Kelly, and much of it was shot on location on the French Riviera, so great scenery too. John Williams, who played the inspector, is also in it.
"Quickly! We need to get away with this!"
I really love this movie. One of my favorites. This, in a small way, reminds me of another movie. Gambit; with Michael Caine and Shirley McClain. They have something similar in common but I won't say what. But Gambit is a real fun movie if you ever wanted to see that.
If you love the inspector with the moustache, you ought to watch David Suchet as Hercule Poirot any number of Agatha Christie mysteries. (Suchet, in my opinion is the best Poirot.) Poirot is a funny little man with an egg-shaped head, whose moustache is his pride and joy. He is so prim and proper, all the people who don't know him laugh him off.
Hitchcock did a great job of taking a woman who was cheating on her husband and turning her into a sympathetic character. In a lot of those old movies an unfaithful wife would have been the villain.
sometimes they are the villian today too
I love this commnet. Thank you! @ronsmac
Please see it in 3D! It's twice as amazing!
Thank you for commenting one of my two favourite Hitchcock’s (the other being Shadow of a Doubt).
I love inspector Hubbard (John Williams) I am glad you showed his hilarious « That’s extraordinary ! » but you skipped his other delightful line, when speaking about Marc : « They call us flatfoot policemen, may the saints preserve us from gifted amateurs ! » …
He had created the role on stage.
He also plays Audrey Hepburn’s father in Sabrina (Billy Wilder - 1954), he plays a crooked firm director in The Solid Gold Cadillac (Richard Quine - 1956) and appears in ten shorts « Alfred Hitchcock Presents ».
If you want to watch Ray Milland as a more sympathetic character, try Ministry of Fear (Fritz Lang - 1944) ; his most well known role is in The Lost Weekend (Billy Wilder - 1945), but don’t watch it if you have the blues !
Greetings from France 🇫🇷