
Dial M for Murder
- PG
- Year:
- 1954
- 105 min
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(0.00 / 0 votes)Let me get you another drink.
Mark, before Tony comes,
Yes, I've been waiting for that.
I haven't told him anything about us.
That's not surprising.
When you telephoned this morning,
I simply said you wrote crime stories.
And I'd met you once
when you were here before.
That has a pretty guilty ring to it.
I'd never use it in one of my stories.
Mark, I know you think it's silly.
When you get to know Tony,
you'll understand why I said that.
Darling, I understand now.
That doesn't stop me from loving you.
It's not as simple as that.
-Tony's changed.
-Thanks.
He's a completely different person
to the one I used to tell you about.
Really?. When did all this happen?.
That night I came to say goodbye.
When I left your apartment,
I came back here.
I sat down on the sofa
and had a good cry.
And then I fell asleep.
When I woke up...
...there was Tony standing in the hall
with his bags and tennis rackets.
He just said he decided to give up tennis
and settle down to a job.
-Just like that?.
-Just like that.
Of course, I didn't believe him at first,
but he meant it, all right.
But he's been wonderful ever since.
I suppose that's when
Margot, is it?.
Do you remember the letters
you wrote to me?.
Yes, I remember.
After I read them, I burned them.
I thought it best.
All except one.
You probably know
the one I mean.
Yes, I think I do.
What about it?.
It was stolen.
Tony and I were going to spend
the weekend in the country with friends.
While waiting on the platform,
I noticed my handbag was missing.
And the letter was inside.
-Where was this?.
-Victoria Station.
I thought I'd left it in the restaurant,
but when I went back, it had gone.
I recovered the handbag
about two weeks later...
...from the lost and found,
but the letter wasn't there.
Then about a week afterwards,
I received a note.
It told me what I had to do
to get the letter back.
Yes. Go ahead.
Go on.
I was to draw 50
from my bank in 5 notes...
...and then change them
for used 1 notes.
It said that if I went to the police
or told anyone else...
...he would show the letter
to my husband.
You still have the note?.
Printed, all capitals.
-Anyone could've done this.
-Two days later...
-...I got this one.
-Both mailed in Brixton.
"Throw half the money in a package
and mail to John S. King.
Brixton SW9.
You'll get your letter by return."
It's a little shop.
People use it as a forwarding address.
You didn't mail the money.
Yes, but the letter was never returned.
two weeks, I went there.
Said they had never heard
of a man by that name.
It had never been opened.
That's something, I suppose.
May I keep these?.
-Yes, if you like.
-I can't understand why you didn't tell me.
There wasn't anything
you could do.
made me tell Tony and the police.
It was only 50, I thought
I'd pay and have done with it.
I'm gonna tell Tony
about us tonight.
No, Mark, please,
you musn't.
You don't understand.
Tony's changed.
Please.
I wish it was a year ago,
when you came to say goodbye.
We were in the kitchen. I said,
"I can't go through with this.
Let's find Tony and
tell him all about it."
I believe you'd
have done it then.
Well, I can see this is
gonna be a rough evening.
All of us saying
nice things to each other.
Look, there's only one thing
you haven't explained.
Why didn't you burn
that letter too?.
There you are. We thought
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