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Dressed to Kill
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Dressed to Kill is a 1946 American black-and-white crime and mystery film directed by Roy William Neill, who also served as producer and executive producer. The film stars Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Patricia Morison, and Holmes Herbert, with Maury Gertsman as director of photography and Jack Brooks as composer. Produced and distributed by Universal Pictures, the narrative is set in England and follows the events of Terror by Night.
The film has a runtime of 72 minutes according to TMDb and 71 minutes according to IMDb. It was released on January 1, May 24, and June 7, 1946. The movie is part of the Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) Collection and features keywords including auction, heist, black and white, music box, and sherlock holmes. It is available on video on demand through providers such as Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, and Starz Apple TV Channel. The film holds a vote average of 6.619 on TMDb and a rating of 6.8 on IMDb.
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Film · TMDB
6.6A 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.
Cast
- Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes
- Nigel Bruce as Dr. John H. Watson
- Patricia Morison as Mrs. Hilda Courtney
- Frederick Worlock as Colonel Cavanaugh
- Harry Cording as Hamid
- Carl Harbord as Inspector Hopkins
Themes
- auction
- heist
- black and white
- music box
- sherlock holmes
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- mystery film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Follows
- Terror by Night
- Director
- Roy William Neill
- Cast member
- Anita Sharp-Bolster
- Composer
- Jack Brooks
- Producer
- Roy William Neill
- Production company
- Universal Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Maury Gertsman
- Narrative location
- England
- Duration
- 72
- FilmAffinity ID
- 351113
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Basil Rathbone-Edmund Breon in Dressed to Kill.jpg
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- publication date
- 1946-06-07
- title
- Dressed to Kill
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Netflix
- executive producer
- Roy William Neill
- Commons category
- Dressed to Kill (1946 film)
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- different from
- Sherlock Holmes
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