DIAL M FOR MURDER

Based on the stage play by Frederick Knott
Screenplay by Frederick Knott
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock

Ray Milland
Grace Kelly
Robert Cummings
John Williams

Premiere date: May 28, 1954

Margot Wendice is a wealthy heiress whose playboy husband, Tony, recognizes his dependence on his wife's fortune. When Tony begins to suspect he is losing Margot's affection to writer Mark Halliday, he also begins to fear he will lose her wealth. This leads the callous husband to craft a plan for his wife's death. When the plan goes awry, Tony is quick to turn circumstance into a second opportunity to destroy his wife, but will he get away with it?

National Board of Review

Best Actress - Grace Kelly (also for The Country Girl and Rear Window)

Best Supporting Actor - John Williams (also for Sabrina)

PSYCHO

Based on the novel by Robert Bloch
Screenplay by Joseph Stefano and Samuel A. Taylor
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock

Anthony Perkins
Janet Leigh
Vera Miles
John Gavin
Martin Balsam

Premiere date: June 16, 1960
R

When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where twitchy manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother. The place seems quirky but fine…until Marion decides to take a shower.

4 Academy Award Nominations
Best Director
Best Supporting Actress - Janet Leigh
Best Cinematography (B/W)
Best Art Direction (B/W)