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Dial M for Murder
I must say, since I now belong to that unenviable category of "betrayed spouse" or "victim of infidelity", whichever you prefer, now when I watch Dial M for Murder I actually have some sympathy for Ray Milland's character. He's a betrayed husband! His wife and her affair partner are lovey dovey and pretending to only be friends right in front of his eyes! And the husband knows the entire time...
Yep. I understand his rage and I understand his need for revenge.
And it is a fantastic movie and incredibly stylish - love the way Milland has the sophisticated urbane clothes, the murder-for-hire guy has the gauche, loud clothes and the inspector, the quirky and fastidious clothes. No detail is too small for Hitchcock.
In my personal rating of Hitchcock movies based on nothing other than which ones I want to watch ten billion times, I put "Dial M for Murder" ahead of "Psycho" and "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (both versions*).
* Other than hearing Doris Day belt out (and there is no other adjective that captures how she sings that song) Que Sera Sera, I don't care if I ever see either version again.
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