Actors: Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings
Directors: Alfred Hitchcock
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Release Date: October 9, 2012
Run Time: 105 minutes
Film: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Extras: 2 out of 5 stars
When I found out that Hitchcock’s “Dial M for Murder” was being released on 3D Blu-ray, I was thrilled to see this picture as it was original intended to be seen. The film itself is still great, though the 3D presentation is not as impressive. I feel like Hitchcock didn’t really embrace the format and didn’t use it to it’s fullest. I recently saw “Creature from the Black Lagoon” on 3D Blu-ray and let me tell you that blew me away. That film really took advantage of the 3D format. Overall, it is still great to have the film as it was seen in the theaters, even if the 3D isn’t perfect. Hardcore fans of Hitchcock, will enjoy this opportunity for sure.
Warner Brothers delivers both the 2D and 3D version of this film with both transfers presented in 1.78 aspect ratio. The colors are sharp and look nice on Blu-ray, though there are a few scenes that is some noticeable fuzz. The audio sounds great with its DTS-HD Master Audio Mono track. This works really well its Dimitri Tiomkin’s score and makes it comes it life. The special features are also a let down, there is just one short SD feature called “Hitchcock and Dial M”, which runs about 20 minutes. Lastly there is also a theatrical trailer included for this release.
Synopsis: When American writer Mark Halliday visits the very married Margot Wendice in London, he unknowingly sets off a chain of blackmail and murder. After sensing Margot’s affections for Halliday, her husband, Tony Wendice, fears divorce and disinheritance, and plots her death. Knowing former school chum Captain Lesgate is involved in illegal activities, Tony blackmails him into conspiring to kill Margot. When she kills Lesgate in self-defense, Tony implicates her as being guilty of premeditated murder. Halliday must out-stratagize Tony to save Margot’s live.
Buy It 10/9 on 3D Blu-ray™
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