Poster from TMDB
Dressed to Kill
Sign in to save1980 US film directed by Brian De Palma
OverviewAI-generated
Dressed to Kill is a 1980 American neo-noir erotic thriller associated with the New Hollywood movement, written and directed by Brian De Palma. Shot in New York City and Philadelphia by cinematographer Ralf D. Bode, edited by Gerald B. Greenberg, and scored by Pino Donaggio, it concerns a serial killer and stars Michael Caine, Angie Dickinson, Nancy Allen, and Keith Gordon. Samuel Z. Arkoff served as executive producer for Orion Pictures.
Running 105 minutes with a budget of 6,500,000 and revenue of 31,899,000, the film was nominated for the Golden Raspberry Awards for Worst Actor, Worst Actress, and Worst Director. It was distributed by Netflix.
Synthesized by Vinony from 38 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, TMDb, IMDb. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Film · TMDB
7.0After witnessing a mysterious woman brutally slay a homemaker, prostitute Liz Blake finds herself trapped in a dangerous situation. While the police thinks she is the murderer, the real killer is intent on silencing her only witness.
Cast
- Michael Caine as Doctor Robert Elliott
- Nancy Allen as Liz Blake
- Angie Dickinson as Kate Miller
- Keith Gordon as Peter Miller
- Dennis Franz as Detective Marino
- David Margulies as Dr. Levy
Themes
- friendship
- taxi
- prostitute
- nightmare
- transvestism
- photography
- subway
- shower
- manipulation
- assault
This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.
Key facts
- Directed by
- Brian De Palma
- Written by
- Brian De Palma
- Produced by
- George Litto
- Starring
- Michael Caine Angie Dickinson Nancy Allen
- Cinematography
- Ralf D. Bode
- Edited by
- Gerald B. Greenberg
- Music by
- Pino Donaggio
- Production company
- Cinema 77/Film Group
- Distributed by
- Filmways Pictures
- Release date
- July 25, 1980 ( 1980-07-25 )
- Running time
- 105 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $6.5 million
- Box office
- $31.9 million
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- thriller film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Followed by
- The Howling
- Main subject
- serial killer
- Movement
- New Hollywood
- Director
- Brian De Palma
- Screenwriter
- Brian De Palma
- Cast member
- Anneka Di Lorenzo
- Composer
- Pino Donaggio
- Production company
- Orion Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Ralf D. Bode
- Narrative location
- New York City
- Filming location
- Philadelphia
- Duration
- 105
- FilmAffinity ID
- 830641
- Distribution format
- video on demand
Show 9 more facts
- publication date
- 1981-03-05
- film editor
- Gerald B. Greenberg
- title
- Ölüme Kuşanmak
- distributed by
- Netflix
- executive producer
- Samuel Z. Arkoff
- nominated for
- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director
- review score
- 74/100
- capital cost
- 6500000
- box office
- 31899000
Sources (15)
via Wikidata · CC0
~16 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Dressed to Kill is a 1980 American thriller film written and directed by Brian De Palma, and starring Michael Caine, Angie Dickinson and Nancy Allen. It depicts the events leading up to the brutal murder of New York City housewife Kate Miller (Dickinson) before following Liz Blake (Allen), a prostitute who witnesses the crime, and her attempts to solve it with the help of the victim's son Peter (Keith Gordon). It contains several direct references to Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 film Psycho.
While acknowledging similarities to Alfred Hitchcock films (particularly Psycho), De Palma claimed to get the idea from watching The Phil Donahue Show. The film was shot in New York City and Philadelphia, and Pino Donaggio composed the score.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dressed to Kill” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.