It would be an understatement to say that Alfred Hitchcock was an influential filmmaker for he is one of the most influential filmmakers in cinematic history. Through his originality in creating suspenseful thrillers and incorporating unorthodox filmmaking techniques, his psychological thrillers and dramas have stood out amongst the rest.
In 1954, Hitchcock released the thriller Dial M For Murder, a film that also contained elements of film noir. The story centers on the couple Tony and Margot Wendice. Tony is aware that his wife is having an affair with crime writer Mark Halliday and because of this, he blackmails an old college acquaintance, Swann, into carrying out his plot to murder his unfaithful wife.