Call Murder (1959)
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| Original title | Murder on call |
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| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1959 |
| length | 115 minutes |
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| Director | Rainer Wolffhardt |
| script | Frederick Knott and Helmut Pigge |
| production | SDR |
| music | Heinrich Feischner |
| camera | Kurt conscience |
| cut | Edda Bähring |
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Dial M for Murder is a 1959 turned TV movie with the same action as in the Hitchcock original of the 1954th
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German actors play in a film set in Germany and Rainer Wolffhardt directed , assisted by Theo Mezger . The original script by Frederick Knott was adapted by Helmut Pigge. The black and white film was produced by Südfunk Stuttgart and broadcast on ARD for the first time on February 21, 1959 .
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Tony Wendice wants to get rid of his wife and have her killed. But Margot manages to kill the hired murderer out of self-defense. Now the husband's strategy aims to have her convicted of murder in court in order to get the inheritance. Inspector Hubbard, who already had a suspicion, managed to prevent this in a tricky way and to arrest him.
literature
- Frederick Knott: If you call - murder. A detective piece in three acts (OT: Dial M For Murder ). German by Rudolf Schneider-Schelde. Strassegg, Bayerisch-Gmain o. J. [stage manuscript]
Web links
- Dial M for Murder in the Internet Movie Database (English)