This Hitchcock movie eluded me for years. Now I watched it two days ago just to enjoy this reaction today. And now it might be my favorite Hitchcock movie. Well....thanks, i guess 😊
HItchcock made two films in 1954 - Dial M for Murder and Rear Window. Everyone remembers Rear Window - currently being celebrated and rereleased for its 70th Anniversary - but this one is oft forgotten, so I'm pleased whenever someone does a reaction to it. There are so many great Hitchcock films but his greatest, in my humble opinion, is Vertigo (1958). Most people say Psycho (1960), which I'd say is more accessible than Vertigo, you don't have to think so much watching it. Vertigo is a film that I'd say you have to watch more than once though to truly appreciate. Subtextually there is more going on in that film than in any Hitchcock film.
I agree. I don’t ever hear this movie on anyone’s Hitchcock list. Dial M was phenomenal, I thoroughly enjoyed. My personal favorite is Notorious. The first time I watched it, I immediately watched it again, it’s a perfect movie!
Yes, I always like this as well. Even though it was many years after Rear Window before I got to this one. It just shows that Hitchcock never made a bad film. Ever!! As we say in Texas; y'all be safe.
Watching Grace Kelly in "To catch a thief" (1955) EPIC! TOTALLY EPIC! She takes Cary Grant for a ride in her sportscar. A year later, in 1956 "High Society" they dublicated that car scene, when she takes Frank Sinatra in a similar high speed car scene!
My favourite Hitchcock movie is North by Northwest with the wonderful Cary Grant. Another one often overlooked is the charming To Catch a Thief with Grant and Grace Kelly. Hitchcock decided to film much of it on location along the stunning French Riviera so that he could combine work with a vacation.
You have the coolest couch. Been looking for one like that for a couple weeks. 2:18 Wow, you figured it out!! THEN, you spotted Hitchcock! My fave Hitchcock film is "Shadow of a Doubt."
Hello Sheila! Thank for a great reaction, to a marvelous movie. This one has a special place in my heart and I share your love of this more elegant time. Just discovered your channel, so apologies if you've seen this but I highly recommend Witness for the Prosecution. Sir Charles Laughton plays a barrister in failing health, but who is no less to enjoy his brandy and cigars. His off-screen wife Elsa Lanchester plays his a nurse always on his case. There's also nice performance by John Williams the man who played the lead detective in this movie (not the composer).
I love Hitchcock. I've seen 25 out of his 47 sound films. He has about 11 silent films (1 is lost), but I've not seen any of those. "The 39 Steps" (1935) is the earliest of his films that I've seen. You really can't go wrong with his movies and his TV show had some great episodes as well. My favorite film is "Psycho" (1960). Like you Sheila, I love this classical period in films, the way they dressed and spoke. I certainly appreciate the realism of "the Method", but this style is great also. I especially love Carey Grant (whom my paternal grandfather resembled when he was in college) probably more than any other actor of this time period. He could do comedy (slapstick, dry wit, straight man), drama, suspense, etc. One of my favorite Hitchcock films is "Suspicion" (1941) starring Grant and Joan Fontaine. It's listed in Wikipedia as a "romantic psychological thriller film noir" and it definitely has all of that, and Grant is amazing in the film! Please watch and you'll see why, I certainly don't want to ruin it for you. Great reaction, as always Sheila. I see you lookin up to the right of your screen sometimes. Is this the camera? It's kind of adorable for some reason.
I've watched Psycho, Vertigo, Rear Window, North by Northwest, Notorious and now Dial M..I've still got quite a few Hitchcock films to get through. Notorious is my absolute FAVORITE. (yes, I'm checking the camera stat 😁)
@@SheilaReactz I wanted to add that I've seen "Notorious", which I greatly enjoyed, lots of twists and turns, and of course that great cinematography. Also, you can't go wrong with Bergman and Grant!
@@SheilaReactzit sounds as if you'll enjoy It takes a Thief. The Inspector here is in it and Grace Kelly's mother played Cary Grant's Mother in North by North West. Hitchcock's favourite was A Shadow of Doubt and mine is The 39 Steps.
This movie was a stage play at first by Frederick Knott. Another stage play by him that became a nail biting thriller on screen was Wait Until Dark, starring another lovely lady Audrey Hepburn. Hitchcock didn’t direct that one but it sure feels like he did! Highly recommend it. Just turn off or dim the lights during the last 8 minutes. My Mom and I once saw Dial M for Murder in the movie theater in Jerusalem, Israel back in the mid 2000s.
Tony sits on the phone while he thinks his wife is being murdered. You may not realize it but there were movies made in the 1930s which were quite violent, particularly James Cagney movies. This was during a time when there were no codes for moviemaking, which would have restricted the amount of violence in a movie.
Favorite Hitchcock? That’s tough. Here is a list of Hitchcock movies you might like, all of these are candidates for favorite. 1940 Rebecca (actually won Oscar for best picture.) 1943 Shadow of a Doubt (your beloved uncle has a dark secret, you discover it and now your life is in danger.) 1946 Notorious (a twisted romantic spy triangle. With Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, and Claude Rains.) 1948 Rope (Hitchcock’s Cinematic experiment for long takes, twisted plot.) 1951 Strangers on a Train 1954 Rear Window (Definitely a candidate for his best film.) 1955 The Trouble With Harry (Dark comedy about an inconvenient corpse.) 1955 To Catch a Thief (Hitch, Cary Grant, and Grace Kelly on the French Riviera. suspense, sophistication, romance, and comedy) 1958 Vertigo (The twist is a doozy. This film is on MANY best film lists. Starring Jimmy Stewart and Kim Novak) 1959 North by Northwest (Definitely one of Hitchcock’s most entertaining films.) 1960 Psycho (Landmark film. Still capable of providing chills. very daring for its time.) 1963 The Birds
one thing you can say about the english, they're so prim and proper, so polite in everything they do! including blackmail and planning a murder. never been a big robert cummings fan but i think this is his best film. this was originally released in 3-D during the 50s big 3-D craze that, thankfully, didn't last long. so this is hitchcock's biggest "gimmick" film. but he pulled it off as only hitchcock could! another underappreciated hitchcock film from the 50s is one of his few true comedies called "the trouble with harry" (1955). being hitch though, you know its a dark comedy. check it out if you haven't already. thanks for the video.
I really enjoy this movie. It follows the stage play pretty closely. The remake, _A Perfect Murder,_ changes some things. I guess the updated stage play is a bit different.
I have seen this so many times yet I still have never understood the placement of the stockings and the keys been put here and there and everywhere. I never understood why there were no key fobs for these keys. They just had a single key in their purses and pockets.
I never understood the stockings, which would have the tendency to slip. Why not use a thick piece of rough rope that would grab the skin? But what do I know?
The way the character spoke in this movie is not indicative of the way people spoke in every day life in the 1950s. Don’t forget these are supposed to be wealthy people. They weren’t every day 9 to 5 working class blue-collar people. Not everybody in America was elegant in the 50s. In fact, most people were not elegant at all
The story reminds me of how many "Columbo" episodes play out. Coincidentally, Ray Milland was cast as the villain in one episode.
This Hitchcock movie eluded me for years. Now I watched it two days ago just to enjoy this reaction today. And now it might be my favorite Hitchcock movie. Well....thanks, i guess 😊
HItchcock made two films in 1954 - Dial M for Murder and Rear Window. Everyone remembers Rear Window - currently being celebrated and rereleased for its 70th Anniversary - but this one is oft forgotten, so I'm pleased whenever someone does a reaction to it. There are so many great Hitchcock films but his greatest, in my humble opinion, is Vertigo (1958). Most people say Psycho (1960), which I'd say is more accessible than Vertigo, you don't have to think so much watching it.
Vertigo is a film that I'd say you have to watch more than once though to truly appreciate. Subtextually there is more going on in that film than in any Hitchcock film.
I agree. I don’t ever hear this movie on anyone’s Hitchcock list. Dial M was phenomenal, I thoroughly enjoyed. My personal favorite is Notorious. The first time I watched it, I immediately watched it again, it’s a perfect movie!
Yes, I always like this as well. Even though it was many years after Rear Window before I got to this one. It just shows that Hitchcock never made a bad film. Ever!!
As we say in Texas; y'all be safe.
@@SheilaReactz North By Northwest and the Birds are my favs.
Watching Grace Kelly in "To catch a thief" (1955) EPIC! TOTALLY EPIC! She takes Cary Grant for a ride in her sportscar. A year later, in 1956 "High Society" they dublicated that car scene, when she takes Frank Sinatra in a similar high speed car scene!
My favourite Hitchcock movie is North by Northwest with the wonderful Cary Grant. Another one often overlooked is the charming To Catch a Thief with Grant and Grace Kelly. Hitchcock decided to film much of it on location along the stunning French Riviera so that he could combine work with a vacation.
You have the coolest couch. Been looking for one like that for a couple weeks. 2:18 Wow, you figured it out!! THEN, you spotted Hitchcock! My fave Hitchcock film is "Shadow of a Doubt."
My favourite Hitchcock film is "Foreign Correspondent" with Joel McCrea. It is great fun.
I just watched this film about a month ago. I think it was free on TH-cam. Great movie!
Hello Sheila! Thank for a great reaction, to a marvelous movie. This one has a special place in my heart and I share your love of this more elegant time.
Just discovered your channel, so apologies if you've seen this but I highly recommend Witness for the Prosecution. Sir Charles Laughton plays a barrister in failing health, but who is no less to enjoy his brandy and cigars. His off-screen wife Elsa Lanchester plays his a nurse always on his case.
There's also nice performance by John Williams the man who played the lead detective in this movie (not the composer).
Added to my watchlist! Thanks for the rec and thanks for watching!
I love Hitchcock. I've seen 25 out of his 47 sound films. He has about 11 silent films (1 is lost), but I've not seen any of those. "The 39 Steps" (1935) is the earliest of his films that I've seen. You really can't go wrong with his movies and his TV show had some great episodes as well. My favorite film is "Psycho" (1960).
Like you Sheila, I love this classical period in films, the way they dressed and spoke. I certainly appreciate the realism of "the Method", but this style is great also. I especially love Carey Grant (whom my paternal grandfather resembled when he was in college) probably more than any other actor of this time period. He could do comedy (slapstick, dry wit, straight man), drama, suspense, etc. One of my favorite Hitchcock films is "Suspicion" (1941) starring Grant and Joan Fontaine. It's listed in Wikipedia as a "romantic psychological thriller film noir" and it definitely has all of that, and Grant is amazing in the film! Please watch and you'll see why, I certainly don't want to ruin it for you.
Great reaction, as always Sheila. I see you lookin up to the right of your screen sometimes. Is this the camera? It's kind of adorable for some reason.
I've watched Psycho, Vertigo, Rear Window, North by Northwest, Notorious and now Dial M..I've still got quite a few Hitchcock films to get through. Notorious is my absolute FAVORITE. (yes, I'm checking the camera stat 😁)
@@SheilaReactz I'm glad you haven't watched a lot of Hitchcock yet, we get to take the journey with you! 👍😊
@@SheilaReactz I wanted to add that I've seen "Notorious", which I greatly enjoyed, lots of twists and turns, and of course that great cinematography. Also, you can't go wrong with Bergman and Grant!
@@SheilaReactzit sounds as if you'll enjoy It takes a Thief. The Inspector here is in it and Grace Kelly's mother played Cary Grant's Mother in North by North West. Hitchcock's favourite was A Shadow of Doubt and mine is The 39 Steps.
Yeah i watched this movie like 20 years agl one of my favourite of all time hitchcock is a master
Classic.
Two other great Hitchcock moves are "Rear Window" and "Vertigo"
This movie was a stage play at first by Frederick Knott. Another stage play by him that became a nail biting thriller on screen was Wait Until Dark, starring another lovely lady Audrey Hepburn.
Hitchcock didn’t direct that one but it sure feels like he did! Highly recommend it. Just turn off or dim the lights during the last 8 minutes.
My Mom and I once saw Dial M for Murder in the movie theater in Jerusalem, Israel back in the mid 2000s.
Wait Until Dark is on my list! Should I bump it up?
Well, if you plan to watch it on Halloween or a few days before that I can be patient.😊
Tony sits on the phone while he thinks his wife is being murdered.
You may not realize it but there were movies made in the 1930s which were quite violent, particularly James Cagney movies. This was during a time when there were no codes for moviemaking, which would have restricted the amount of violence in a movie.
Favorite Hitchcock? That’s tough. Here is a list of Hitchcock movies you might like, all of these are candidates for favorite.
1940 Rebecca (actually won Oscar for best picture.)
1943 Shadow of a Doubt (your beloved uncle has a dark secret, you discover it and now your life is in danger.)
1946 Notorious (a twisted romantic spy triangle. With Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, and Claude Rains.)
1948 Rope (Hitchcock’s Cinematic experiment for long takes, twisted plot.)
1951 Strangers on a Train
1954 Rear Window (Definitely a candidate for his best film.)
1955 The Trouble With Harry (Dark comedy about an inconvenient corpse.)
1955 To Catch a Thief (Hitch, Cary Grant, and Grace Kelly on the French Riviera. suspense, sophistication, romance, and comedy)
1958 Vertigo (The twist is a doozy. This film is on MANY best film lists. Starring Jimmy Stewart and Kim Novak)
1959 North by Northwest (Definitely one of Hitchcock’s most entertaining films.)
1960 Psycho (Landmark film. Still capable of providing chills. very daring for its time.)
1963 The Birds
Love this list! I'm 5/12, and eyeing Rebecca for the next one!
@@SheilaReactz I love that movie. Judith Andersons performance as Mrs. Danvers is amazing!
That mid-Atlantic accent was prevalent in older films. It's noticeably different than any New England accents that I've ever heard.
Still my fave Hitchcock film. All other Hitchcock films come in a close second.
one thing you can say about the english, they're so prim and proper, so polite in everything they do! including blackmail and planning a murder. never been a big robert cummings fan but i think this is his best film. this was originally released in 3-D during the 50s big 3-D craze that, thankfully, didn't last long. so this is hitchcock's biggest "gimmick" film. but he pulled it off as only hitchcock could! another underappreciated hitchcock film from the 50s is one of his few true comedies called "the trouble with harry" (1955). being hitch though, you know its a dark comedy. check it out if you haven't already. thanks for the video.
I really enjoy this movie. It follows the stage play pretty closely. The remake, _A Perfect Murder,_ changes some things. I guess the updated stage play is a bit different.
The Hitchcock style was often over the top
Please have a look at "A Face in the Crowd". You will be glad you did.
I’ll add it to my watchlist! Thanks for the rec!
First time I've ever seen this movie referenced. Added to my appreciation for Andy Griffith's acting ability. Excellent reccomedation!
I suggest you to watch Psycho, Rear Window, Vertigo and Double Indemnity
"Suspicion", "Shadow of a Doubt", and "Strangers on a Train"
Double Indemnity is certainly worth watching but, just to be clear, it is not a Hitchcock film.
Ha, I've watched all these! Rear Winder and Double Indemnity, fantastic! 🙌
The best smile on TH-cam. Winner is. YOU. beautiful 👧 CASABLANCA. please.
I have seen this so many times yet I still have never understood the placement of the stockings and the keys been put here and there and everywhere.
I never understood why there were no key fobs for these keys. They just had a single key in their purses and pockets.
I never understood the stockings, which would have the tendency to slip. Why not use a thick piece of rough rope that would grab the skin? But what do I know?
Tony has to call his boss at 11 o’clock at night?
North by Northwest
The way the character spoke in this movie is not indicative of the way people spoke in every day life in the 1950s. Don’t forget these are supposed to be wealthy people. They weren’t every day 9 to 5 working class blue-collar people. Not everybody in America was elegant in the 50s. In fact, most people were not elegant at all
50 pounds then is 1,700 pounds today.
Hitchcock > Tarantino then
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