‘Dial M for Murder’ opens in New York City 60 years ago today (May 29 1954)


Video: 'Dial M for Murder' trailer

(Saturday, May 29, 1954)Dial M for Murder, a crime thriller film about a straying husband who frames his wife for the murder of the man he’d hired to kill her, opened today in New York City at the Paramount theater.

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, the film starred Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings and John Williams.