In the city, someone is murdering children. The police search is so intense, it is disturbing the 'normal' criminals, and the local hoods decide to help find the murderer as quickly as possible.

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M (1951)

The most gripping motion picture you've ever seen!

★ 6.5/10 March 1, 1951 88 min

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Director: Joseph Losey  ·  Writers: Norman Reilly Raine, Leo Katcher

In the city, someone is murdering children. The police search is so intense, it is disturbing the 'normal' criminals, and the local hoods decide to help find the murderer as quickly as possible.

Director

Joseph Losey Joseph Losey

Cast

David Wayne David Wayne Martin W. Harrow Howard Da Silva Howard Da Silva Inspector Carney Martin Gabel Martin Gabel Charlie Marshall Luther Adler Luther Adler Dan Langley Steve Brodie Steve Brodie Police Lt. Becker Raymond Burr Raymond Burr Pottsy Glenn Anders Glenn Anders Riggert Norman Lloyd Norman Lloyd Sutro Walter Burke Walter Burke MacMahan John Miljan John Miljan Blind Baloon Vendor Roy Engel Roy Engel Police Chief Regan Janine Perreau Janine Perreau The Last Little Girl

User Reviews (1)

John Chard
John Chard June 25, 2019
★ 7/10

It could be anyone's child, anyone's, no one is safe. M is directed by Joseph Losey and written by Norman Reilly Raine and Leo Katcher. It stars David Wayne, Howard Da Silva, Martin Gabel, Luther Adler, Steve Brodie and Raymond Burr. Music is by Michel Michelet and cinematography by Ernest Laszlo. Fritz Lang's original film from 1931 is a seriously classy classic, no doubt about it and although making a remake seems to many like birthing the devil's spawn, the 1951 version exists. How great to find that it's a very fine offering, one that was made at the right time (the film noir zeitgeist) and puts its own slant into the mix. Story here has been relocated to Los Angeles, where there's a child murderer on the loose and not only are the cops under pressure to capture the fiend, but also the criminal underworld since there's too much heat being brought into the vicinity of their o…