Double Feature with STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (4:45, 9:15)
1954 • dir Alfred Hitchcock w/Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings, John Williams, Anthony Dawson • 105 min • 35mm
Greedy playboy Ray Milland plots to rid himself of his beautiful and rich but tiresome wife (Kelly). Though he develops a clever mode of murder, a stopped watch foils the plan and he must launch into a desperate gamble to protect himself from discovery.
Staff Pick! Michael: “Even the most elaborate plans steeped in blood and money sometimes go awry.”
“The set-up is ingenious and the ‘kill’ scene genuinely thrilling.”
– Peter Bradshaw, Guardian
“In Alfred Hitchcock’s Dial M for Murder, even the innocent have poker faces.”
– Rob Humanick, Slant Magazine
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Dial M for Murder
Double Feature with STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (4:45, 9:15)
1954 • dir Alfred Hitchcock w/Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings, John Williams, Anthony Dawson • 105 min • 35mm
Greedy playboy Ray Milland plots to rid himself of his beautiful and rich but tiresome wife (Kelly). Though he develops a clever mode of murder, a stopped watch foils the plan and he must launch into a desperate gamble to protect himself from discovery.
Staff Pick! Michael: “Even the most elaborate plans steeped in blood and money sometimes go awry.”