Dial M For Murder (1954)

The trailer for this film calls it "an experiment in excitement." Classic Hitchcock in full color starring Ray Milland as a coniving sophisticate married to wealthy beauty, Grace Kelly, who is cheating on her husband with Robert Cummings. Most scenes take place in their apartment living room, but the suspenseful story holds the viewer's attention as the husband's plot to hire another man to kill her unfolds. Within moments of the film's opening we know that there is a love triangle, simply by seeing the the lover's shadow on the door as they embrace and Grace's spectacular red dress. Ray Milland plays a Cary Grant type who is continually mixing a cocktail from the sidebar in the living room. Grace Kelly is the ultimate Hitchcock blonde who is quick enough to escape death. Nothing much to ponder here. No profound message. It is simply a lot of fun to watch all that style. An updated version of this story called The Perfect Murder was later made in 1998.