Editing Dial M for Murder (section)

=== Film ===
The film partially inspired a [[Bollywood|Hindi-language]] version in 1985, released as ''[[Aitbaar]]'', starring [[Raj Babbar]], [[Dimple Kapadia]] and [[Suresh Oberoi]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Neale |first=Steven |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qg04DwAAQBAJ |title=Screening the Stage: Case Studies of Film Adaptations of Stage Plays and Musicals in the Classical Hollywood Era, 1914–1956 |publisher=John Libbey Publishing |year=2017 |isbn=978-0-86196-929-6 |pages=193 |access-date=July 26, 2024}}</ref> A [[Tamil cinema|Tamil-language]] adaptation, titled ''[[Saavi (film)|Saavi]]'', with [[Sathyaraj]], [[Saritha]], [[Jaishankar (actor)|Jaishankar]] and [[Nizhalgal Ravi]], was released in the same year.<ref>{{cite web |first=Sreedhar |last=Pillai |date=January 15, 1988 |title=In the spotlight |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/rush-of-contenders-for-top-place-in-tamil-films/1/328802.html |access-date=September 28, 2016 |work=[[India Today]]}}</ref> The film also inspired a [[Cinema of Kerala|Malayalam-language]] adaptation as ''[[New Year (1989 film)|New Year]]'' starring [[Jayaram]], [[Urvashi (actress)|Urvashi]] and [[Suresh Gopi]] in 1989.<ref name=":1" />

''[[A Perfect Murder]]'' is a 1998 [[remake]] directed by [[Andrew Davis (filmmaker)|Andrew Davis]] in which the characters of Halliday and Swann are combined, with the husband ([[Michael Douglas]]) both hiring and coercing his wife's lover (played by [[Viggo Mortensen]]) into committing a [[contract killing]] of her ([[Gwyneth Paltrow]]).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harari |first=Julia |date=2022-06-13 |title=How 'A Perfect Murder' Updated Hitchcock's 'Dial M for Murder' |url=https://collider.com/dial-m-for-murder-a-perfect-murder-remake-comparisons/ |access-date=2024-07-26 |website=Collider |language=en}}</ref>

The 2002 [[Bollywood]] film ''[[Humraaz]]'' starring [[Bobby Deol]], [[Akshaye Khanna]], and [[Amisha Patel]], was in turn inspired by ''A Perfect Murder''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Verm |first=Sukanya |title=Movies: Humraaz -- The Story In Pictures |url=https://m.rediff.com/movies/2002/jun/20intro.htm |access-date=2024-07-26 |website=rediff.com}}</ref>

The 2001 Pakistani film ''[[Khoey Ho Tum Kahan]]'' is based on the film.