Day: July 28, 2024

Warner Brothers, 1954

Dial M for Murder (Warner Bros., 1954). Very Fine. Lobby Card (11″ X 14″). Hitchcock.
Starring Grace Kelly, Ray Milland, Robert Cummings, John Williams, Anthony Dawson, Leo Britt, Patrick Allen, and George Leigh. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

cover painting by D.G Summers

1952 Crown hardcover

October 1952 Signet paperback, first printing

first of the series, introducing Kansas City private eye Johnny April, written by a pair of detectives – John Roscoe and Michael Ruso – who worked together at Hargrove’s Detective Agency in KC

cover painting by D.G Summers