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| "Dial M for Murder" | |
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| Sunday Night Theatre episode | |
| Based on | Dial M for Murder by Frederick Knott |
| Original air date | 23 March 1952 |
"Dial M for Murder" was a British TV crime drama, episode 12 of the third season of the series Sunday Night Theatre . It was aired on 23 March 1952.
The script was based on the eponymous play by Frederick Knott, which later was adapted as a film by Alfred Hitchcock in 1954.
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Dial M for Murder is a 1954 American crime thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings, Anthony Dawson, and John Williams. Both the screenplay and the successful stage play on which it was based were written by English playwright Frederick Knott. The play premiered in 1952 on BBC Television, before being performed on stage in the same year in London's West End in June, and then New York's Broadway in October.
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