Director’s Note: Mark Kilmurry, DIAL M FOR MURDER

It is such a thrill to work on a superbly crafted thriller. DIAL M FOR MURDER was so successful for writer Frederick Knott, he only wrote a few more plays before retiring to live on the proceeds (WAIT UNTIL DARK was one of his other hugely successful titles). The film was a success for Alfred Hitchcock, once the release disposed of the 3-D effect, and the film’s stamp influences the very idea of DIAL M FOR MURDER.  However, for me it is Jeffrey Hatcher’s retelling of the classic which appeals; the gender swap, the mini twists in the plot; the contemporary of now framed within the world of 1952.  Hatcher has sprinkled some delicious love of his own within a beautifully crafted stage noir while keeping true to the source.

I have hugely enjoyed working with this terrific cast and creative team and I hope you enjoy revisiting this newly minted classic of DIAL M FOR MURDER. Murder and Christmas, you can’t go wrong.

Mark Kilmurry