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Dressed to Kill

6.7/10
TMDB147 votes
1946Original: English72 min

A convicted thief in Dartmoor prison hides the location of the stolen Bank of England printing plates inside three music boxes. When the innocent purchasers of the boxes start to be murdered, Holmes and Watson investigate.

Genres: Mystery, Crime, Thriller
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Patricia Morison, Frederick Worlock, Harry Cording

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About Dressed to Kill

Queen…of a crime cult!

Dressed to Kill (1946) is a film in the mystery, crime, thriller genres. Directed by Roy William Neill. The cast includes Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Patricia Morison, Frederick Worlock.

Released
1946-05-24
Original language
English
Runtime
72 minutes
Status
Released
Production countries
United States of America
Production companies
Universal Pictures
Writers
Arthur Conan Doyle, Leonard Lee

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Audience reviews

6.7/10 from 147 TMDB votes. Ratings and reviews are supplied by TMDB. Reviews are attributed to their original authors.

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I rather enjoyed this final outing for our deductive duo, as they have to get to the bottom of the mysterious murder of the rather unfortunately monikered "Stinky" (Edmund Breon) who went to school with "Dr. Watson". His rather brutal murder is inexplicable, but for the theft from his home of a rather ordinary musical box made at Dartmoor prison. Further investigation reveals the boxes were made by a felon with a…

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I rather enjoyed this final outing for our deductive duo, as they have to get to the bottom of the mysterious murder of the rather unfortunately monikered "Stinky" (Edmund Breon) who went to school with "Dr. Watson". His rather brutal murder is inexplicable, but for the theft from his home of a rather ordinary musical box made at Dartmoor prison. Further investigation reveals the boxes were made by a felon with a very important secret to keep, one which "Mrs. Hilda Courtney" (Patrcia Morison) who likes a little perique in her cigarettes, and her henchman "Hamid" (Harry Cording) will stop at nothing to possess. Again, as with so many of these - it's actually Nigel Bruce ("Watson") who steals the show and saves the day - and together with Basil Rathbone they sign off this series on good form and in good spirits. PS: What did Dr. Samuel Johnson die of...?

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A convicted thief in Dartmoor prison hides the location of the stolen Bank of England printing plates inside three music boxes. When the innocent purchasers of the boxes start to be murdered, Holmes and Watson investigate.

Who stars in Dressed to Kill?

Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Patricia Morison, Frederick Worlock, Harry Cording, Carl Harbord. See the cast cards above for character names.

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