Dial M for Murder

Dial M for Murder

Star Cast	-     Grace Kelly, Ray Milland, John Williams, Robert Cummings, Anthony Dawson
Director	-          Albert Hitchcock
Producer	-          Albert Hitchcock
Rating	-          A
Year of Release	-          1954
Category	-          Hollywood
Genre	-          Crime, Mystery, Thriller

  Movie Gist

Tony (standing) & Swann

  The movie is an adaptation from Frederick Knott’s successful play. The story is about a woman who escapes a death conspiracy.

In London lived an ex-professional tennis player Tony Wendice (Ray Milland) with his super rich wife Margot (Grace Kelly). Margot kept complaining about Tony’s busy schedule; so he took retirement from tennis. Tony later on discovered that she has been having an affair with Mark Halliday (Robert Cummings), who was an American crime-fiction writer. Tony found a letter from Mark to Mary in her hand-bag & since then he blackmailed her anonymously.

Mark & Margot

Swann trying to kill Margot

Margot casually introduces Mark to Tony. Tony excuses himself & leaves. He meets Swann (Anthony Dawson) & tells him about Margot’s affair. Tony plans to kill Margot & wants Swann to be his partner in crime. Initially Swann refuses; but Tony blackmails him saying the letter has Swann’s fingerprints & that he will get Swann imprisoned for blackmailing Margot. Swann reluctantly agrees.

Mark consoling Margot, Hubbard (behind)

Left to right - Tony, Mark, Hubbard, Margot

As per the plan, the murder would seem to be a failed robbery. But the plan backfires & Swann gets killed. Tony immediately activates plan B.

The police comes in & investigates. Chief Inspector Hubbard (John Williams) takes Margot into custody. The police makes a statement that Margot killed Swann as he was blackmailing her. The investigation goes back & forth. Hubbard plots a plan &

Trap for Tony by Hubbard

Tony is finally held guilty through an important piece of evidence. Watch the movie & find out!

Carry On Teacher

Carry On Teacher

Star Cast	-        Kenneth Connor, Kenneth Williams, Joan Sims, Charles Hawtrey, Hattie  Jacques, Leslie Phillips, Ted Ray, Rosalind Knight, Larry Dann, Richard O’Sullivan, Carol White, Cyril Chamberlain
Director	-          Gerald Thomas
Producer	-          Peter Rogers
Rating	-          UA
Year of Release	-          1959
Category	-          Hollywood
Genre	-          Comedy

  Movie Gist

The Maudlin Street School

  This laughing wonder is about how the students at Maudlin Street School misbehave at their best when the Ministry of Education inspector visits their school, so that their headmaster stays back in the school.

Miss Wheeler, Headmaster Wakefield
& Alistair Grigg

Rocket launch in the laboratory

The staff after having the alcohol mixed tea

William Wakefield (Ted Ray) is the headmaster at Maudlin Street School & has applied for a job change. Meanwhile, there is a school inspection by the Ministry of Education done by Miss Wheeler (Rosalind Knight) & a child psychiatrist Alistair Grigg (Leslie Phillips). Wakefield seeks the help of his staff – English teacher Edwin Milton (Kenneth Williams), Science teacher Gregory Adams (Kenneth Connor), Gym mistress Sarah Allcock (Joan Sims), Music teacher Michael Bean (Charles Hawtrey) & Maths

Miss Sarah & Mr. Grigg

teacher Grace Short (Hattie Jacques). A student, Robin Stevens (Richard O’Sullivan) overhears the conversation that the headmaster is leaving.

The staff in a discussion

Then starts a series of mishappenings – misbehavior in the class, harassing the teachers by launching a rocket in the science class & confusing Milton with unnecessary questions & breaking the piano, mixing alcohol in the tea, etc. Meanwhile, Grigg falls for Sarah (the feeling is mutual) & Miss Wheeler falls for the science teacher Adams. On the last day of the term after a stage show, the pupils get caught.

Mr. Michael Bean - Tragedy during the show

After a lot of interrogation, the actual reason for their weird behavior is known. Miss Wheeler then announces that she will tell the Education Ministry about the strong pupil-staff relationship.

A movie that not only tickles the ribs but also touches the heart!

Seven (Se7en)

Seven (Se7en)

Star Cast	-           Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt, Gwyneth Paltrow, R. Lee Ermey,           Kevin Spacey
Director	-          David Fincher
Producer	-          Phyllis Carlyle, Arnold Kopelson
Rating	-          A
Year of Release	-          1995
Category	-          Hollywood
Genre	-          Crime, Mystery, Thriller

  Movie Gist

Detectives Somerset & Mills

The movie is about two detectives, a veteran & a rookie, looking out for a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his modus operandi.

In an unknown city of constant rain & the urban decay, two detectives – Detective Somerset (Morgan Freeman) & Detective Mills (Brad Pitt), are partnered together for searching a serial killer. It is Somerset’s last case & Mills’ first. The duo investigate the murders done by the serial killer & they conclude that it has been done in relation with the seven deadly sins. The first of the murders was of an obese man who was compelled to eat till his stomach ruptured; representing Gluttony. Another murder was of a filthy rich lawyer who was made to cut his own

John Doe surrenders himself

pound of flesh; implying a penalty for Greed. Another murder is that of a person who is a child molester & a drug dealer; representing Sloth. The detectives accept that the killer must have planned these murders for over a year.

Using some library records as leads, the duo find out that there is a person John Doe (Kevin Spacey) who has been reading about the books related to the deadly sins. They track him & try to get hold of him; but he escapes. There is yet another series of murders for Lust, Pride, Envy & Wrath. The movie ends with a setting sun in the desert.

Mills, Doe, Somerset

The movie unfolds the terror of murders with nauseating special effects of the murders. Overall, it’s a movie not to miss!