M: Directed by Fritz Lang. With Peter Lorre, Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut, Otto Wernicke. When the police in a German city are unable to catch a child-murderer, other criminals join in the manhunt.

Dial M for Murder (1954) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.

Ex-tennis pro Tony Wendice decides to murder his wife for her money and because she had an affair the year before. He blackmails an old college associate to strangle her, but when things go wrong he sees a way to turn events to his advantage.

Murder mystery films are subgenre of crime fiction in which characters must investigate and solve a murder. Characteristics: suspense, atmosphere, effective soundtrack, police procedural, investigations, list of suspects, clue-finding and surprising plot twists.

Fearing that he is going to face a murder rap, Franz tells how the gangsters have captured the child killer and taken him to an abandoned distillery to stand trial.

Two men try to convince themselves they've committed the perfect murder by hosting a dinner party after strangling a former classmate to death.

Tipline Mysteries: Dial 1 for Murder: Directed by Cynde Harmon, Jessica Harmon. With Holland Roden, Chris McNally, Jill Teed, Cardi Wong. A cryptic call about a planned jewelry heist draws a Detroit Free Press tipline operator, Maddie Moore, into a dangerous homicide case alongside a newly promoted detective. Starring Holland Roden and Chris ...

After learning that his wife Margot (Grace Kelly) had a brief affair with American mystery writer Mark Halliday (Robert Cummings), ex-tennis pro Tony Wendice (Ray Milland) decides to murder her.

Hitchcock wanted the first shot to be that of a close-up of a finger dialing the letter M on a rotary dial telephone, but the 3-D camera would not be able to focus such a close-up correctly.

A Perfect Murder: Directed by Andrew Davis. With Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow, Viggo Mortensen, David Suchet. Wealthy Wall Street speculator Steven Taylor finds that his wife Emily Bradford has a lover, struggling artist David Shaw. Steven investigates Shaw and manipulates him into murdering Emily. It seems like a perfect crime.