M (1951 film)

M
theatrical release poster
Directed by	Joseph Losey
Screenplay by	Norman Reilly Raine Leo Katcher Waldo Salt (additional dialogue)
Produced by	Seymour Nebenzal
Starring	David Wayne Howard Da Silva Luther Adler Martin Gabel Steve Brodie Raymond Burr Glenn Anders Karen Morley Norman Lloyd
Cinematography	Ernest Laszlo
Edited by	Edward Mann
Music by	Michel Michelet
Production company	Superior Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	March 1951 (1951-03) (US)
Running time	88 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

M is a 1951 American film noir directed by Joseph Losey. It is a remake of Fritz Lang's 1931 German film of the same title about a child murderer. This version shifts the location of action from Berlin to Los Angeles and changes the killer's name from Hans Beckert to Martin W. Harrow. Both versions of M were produced by Seymour Nebenzal, whose son, Harold, was associate producer of the 1951 version.^[1]

The film was restored in 2015, with Harold Nebenzal as Executive Producer of the restoration.