![]() Mark Halliday: Well, because in stories things usually turn out the way the author wants them to and in real life they don’t… always. And I think I could, uh, plan one better than most people but I doubt if I could carry it out. Margot Mary Wendice: Do you really believe in the perfect murder? Mark Halliday: Yes, I usually put myself in the criminal’s shoes and then I keep asking myself, uh, what do I do next? Tony Wendice: Oh, is that how you do it? It’s interesting. And then you imagine you’re going to steal something or murder somebody. Mark Halliday: Well, you forget detection and concentrate on crime. But we know, don’t we? Poor Miss Wallace.” – ‘Dial M for Murder’.ġ2- “-Tony Wendice: How do you go about writing a detective story? Apparently, she’d been taking the stuff for quite some time, but no-one seems to know where she got it. A middle-aged woman found dead in her London flat of a drug overdose. That ought to appeal to you - you’ve been skating on some very thin ice. Tony Wendice: One thousand pounds, cash, to be placed in an account under your name. Tony Wendice: For the same reason that a donkey with a stick behind him and a carrot in front always goes forwards and not backwards. Tony Wendice: Approximately where you’re standing now.” – ‘Dial M for Murder’. Swan: Tomorrow! Not a chance! I’ve got to think this over. But once he opens that door, we shall know everything.” – ‘Dial M for Murder’.ġ0- “-C.A. Mark Halliday: If he doesn’t do that, all of this is pure guess work. When that doesn’t fit, he’ll realize his mistake, put two and two together, and look under the stair carpet. As I’ve pinched his latch key, he’ll try the one in the handbag. Hubbard: Sooner or later, he’ll come back here. Tony Wendice: I suppose you’re still on duty, Inspector.” – ‘Dial M for Murder’.ĩ- “-Chief Insp. ![]() ![]() Margot Mary Wendice: Yes, I could do with something. Hubbard, ‘Dial M for Murder’.Ĩ- “ – Tony Wendice: As you said Mark, it might work out on paper, but… Congratulations, Inspector. May the saints protect us from the gifted amateur.” – Chief Insp. Hubbard, ‘Dial M for Murder’.ħ- “They talk about flat-footed policemen. Hubbard, ‘Dial M for Murder’.Ħ- “Mind you, even I didn’t think of that one… extraordinary.” – Chief Insp. Dial M for Murder Quotesġ- “Do you really believe in the perfect murder?” – Tony Wendice, ‘Dial M for Murder’.Ģ- “People don’t commit murder on credit.” – Tony Wendice, ‘Dial M for Murder’.ģ- “ I’m so glad we don’t have to go to Maureen’s she’s such a filthy cook.”- Tony Wendice, ‘Dial M for Murder’.Ĥ- “ Darling, I understand now, but that doesn’t stop me from loving you.” – Mark Halliday, ‘Dial M for Murder’.ĥ- “ Oh, wait a minute, you clot you can’t walk down the street like that – you, you’ll be arrested!” – Chief Insp. Dial M for Murder Quotes: Dial M for Murder tells the story of a man who tries to kill his cheating wife.
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