Dial M For Murder--There Is No Perfect Murder

Delmer 2022-06-17 16:15:19

Kneeling, Hitchcock is too, "There is no perfect murder."

Margot and Mark cheated and thought Tony didn't know about it, but Tony already knew about it and planned to murder his wife, the first reversal.

Tony used Leith's greed for money and other unknown reasons to persuade him to kill his cheating wife. When he thought he had a well-thought-out plan, his wife had to go out on the night of the murder instead of staying at home. Leave the wife at home, the second reverse.

Tony calls home as planned, and Les tries to murder him, only to be stabbed to death by Margo with scissors on the table. The third inversion

Tony re-arranged the evidence after returning home, thinking that he could put the blame on his wife perfectly. The day before his wife's execution, her friend Mark came to him to convince Tony that the false testimony was actually a real experience. Tell Tony about the fourth inversion.

After the inspector arrived, all kinds of suspicions and inquiries made people feel that the inspector wanted to know the truth. At the same time, Mark also told the inspector what he thought was there. The inspector seemed to want to know the truth. However, the detective feigned disbelief and walked away. Fifth inversion

After a while, the inspector took out the key of the previously transferred bag and went in to check, then called Margo to ask what happened, and told the truth about the inspector's investigation. The conclusion is that Tony can find the key. Sixth inversion

Tony found that the key could not open the door, so he paused and thought a few times when he went out the door, all to whet the audience's appetite, and finally he took out the key under the carpet, and the truth came out!

The reversal again and again, the plot is compact and coherent, and it is unexpectedly being cleaned up! 666. Note: Xi Fat is in that photo.

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Dial M for Murder quotes

  • Tony Wendice: [on the phone to a lawyer] We had a burglary last night, and Margot was attacked. No, she's all right. But the man was killed, and the police are here now. And don't laugh... they're suggesting that Margot killed him intentionally!

    Chief Insp. Hubbard: [interrupting Tony] I wouldn't say that if I were you, sir.

  • Mark Halliday: When did you find out, sir?

    Chief Insp. Hubbard: Well, the first clue came quite by accident.

    [to Margot]

    Chief Insp. Hubbard: We discovered that your husband had been spending a large number of pound notes all over the place - it ran into over three hundred pounds - and it appeared to have started at about the time you were arrested. Now, I had to find out where he got that money, and how. Then I remembered that after you were arrested we searched this flat, and I saw a copy of his bank statement in that desk. So yesterday afternoon, I went to the prison and asked to see your handbag. While I was doing this, I managed to lift your latchkey. Highly irregular, of course, but my blood was up. And then this morning when your husband was out, I came back here to look at his statement. I never saw it... because I never got through that door. You see, the key that I'd taken from your handbag didn't fit the lock!