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=== Television === The television series ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]'' premiered in the United States the year after ''Dial M for Murder'' was released. The main character in an episode from the series's first season, "Portrait of Jocelyn", is named Mark Halliday. In the episode, Halliday's wife, Jocelyn, has disappeared several years earlier, and at the conclusion, it is revealed that he murdered her.<ref>{{cite episode|title=Portrait of Jocelyn |series=Alfred Hitchcock Presents |date=April 8, 1956 |season=1 |number=28 |network=CBS}}</ref> In 1956, [[NBC]] aired a television film in which [[Maurice Evans (actor)|Maurice Evans]] (as Tony), Williams and Dawson all repeated their roles from the original Broadway play.<ref name="aficatalog" /> [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] produced a two-hour color version in 1967 featuring [[Laurence Harvey]] as Tony, [[Diane Cilento]] as Margot and [[Hugh O'Brian]] as Max.<ref name="aficatalog" /><ref>{{Cite magazine|date=June 15, 1968 |title=Listings |magazine=[[TV Guide]] |page=A-63}}</ref> The episode "The Fifth Stair" of the TV series ''[[77 Sunset Strip]]'' recreated ''Dial M for Murder'', with [[Richard Long (actor)|Richard Long]] portraying Tony Wendice.<ref>{{cite episode|title=The Fifth Stair |series=77 Sunset Strip |date=March 6, 1959 |season=1 |number=22 |network=ABC}}</ref> A US TV film 1981 with [[Angie Dickinson]] and [[Christopher Plummer]] aired in 1981.<ref name="aficatalog" /> ''{{ill|Tony Wendice's Mistake|ru|Ошибка Тони Вендиса}}'' ([[:ru:Ошибка Тони Вендиса|Ошибка Тони Вендиса]]), based on the stage play version of ''Dial M for Murder'', aired in on TV in the [[Soviet Union]] in 1981.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tony Wendice's Mistake |url=https://mubi.com/en/us/films/tony-wendice-s-mistake |website=Mubi |access-date=26 July 2024}}</ref> The third episode of the sixth season of ''[[Frasier]]'' is titled "Dial M for Martin". The plot centres on [[Martin Crane|the title character's father]] believing that his younger son is subconsciously trying to kill him when he is beset by a series of mishaps seemingly caused by [[Dr Frasier Crane|Frasier]]'s younger brother, [[Niles Crane|Niles]].<ref>{{cite episode|title=Dial M for Martin |series=Frasier |date=October 8, 1998 |season=6 |number=3 |network=NBC}}</ref> The [[Archer (season 1)|season 1]] finale of the TV series ''[[Archer (2009 TV series)|Archer]]'' is titled "Dial M for Mother" in reference to the film. In the episode, [[Sterling Archer]] is given a [[brain implant]], which makes him subconsciously want to kill his mother [[Malory Archer|Malory]].<ref>{{cite episode|title=Dial M for Mother |date=March 18, 2010 |series=Archer |season=1 |number=10 |network=FX}}</ref>
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