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Dressed to Kill

Play trailer Poster for Dressed to Kill Released May 24, 1946 1h 12m Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
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Holmes and Watson hunt for three music boxes containing directions to the whereabouts of six valuable engraving plates stolen from the Bank of England. They find themselves in competition with professional thieves also out to find the clues, which were hidden by a spiteful jailbird before the music boxes went up for auction.
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Eddie Harrison film-authority.com ...directors like Roy William Neill brought timeless characters to life with great acting, no-nonsense direction and crisp scripting; the lack of visual jazz makes each of the Rathbone Holmes films a pleasure to watch.... Rated: 3/5 Jan 23, 2024 Full Review Donald J. Levit ReelTalk Movie Reviews One of the classic movies pairing suave gaunt Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and plump Nigel Bruce as his bumbling Boswell, Dr. Watson. Aug 4, 2007 Full Review Ken Hanke Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) Final entry in the Rathbone series has a lot of style. Rated: 4/5 Oct 31, 2006 Full Review Michael W. Phillips, Jr. Goatdog's Movies The Rathbone/Bruce series of Sherlock Holmes films didn't exactly limp to a close, but it didn't go out on a high note either. Rated: 3/5 May 2, 2006 Full Review Mark Bourne DVDJournal.com ...patched together from hand-me-down remnants. Director Roy William Neill and the writers seem to be just going through the motions while waiting for that final smack from the clapboard. Rathbone delivers a magnetic performance to the bitter end, though. Apr 6, 2006 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews This is another enjoyable well-paced and acted mystery thriller in the series with the usual pleasant banter between Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. Rated: B Aug 23, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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nick s Great movie, with magnetic acting, competent camera work, and clever ideas woven into the plot. The core concept was a little absurd, but ignore that. This is my favourite basil rathbone flick. It couldn't be done much better. Pity about stinky. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/08/23 Full Review Audience Member Rating: 6/10. 68/100 Rated 3 out of 5 stars 04/26/23 Full Review Josh G A clever novel adaption with Basil Rathbone. The cast is good and it's a middle of the road Sherlock Holmes adaption, great use of sound. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/07/23 Full Review Liam D For such an iconic series it's still good but it could have been better Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/16/22 Full Review robert p Another great adventure by Sherlock Holes (Basil Rathbone) and Dr. Watson (Nigel Bruce) . Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review joe m Enjoyable if perfunctory Sherlock Holmes picture which finds Holmes (Rathbone) and Watson (Bruce) up against a trio of conspirators working with a prisoner who has kept mums about Treasury engraving plates that he hid somewhere in London before being nabbed. Taut, if not all that suspenseful, with the added appeal of a beautiful, yet deadly, opponent to Holmes in Mrs Courtney (Morison). Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Holmes and Watson hunt for three music boxes containing directions to the whereabouts of six valuable engraving plates stolen from the Bank of England. They find themselves in competition with professional thieves also out to find the clues, which were hidden by a spiteful jailbird before the music boxes went up for auction.
Director
Roy William Neill
Producer
Roy William Neill
Screenwriter
Frank Gruber
Distributor
Universal Pictures
Production Co
Universal/Universal Int
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 24, 1946, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 1, 2012
Runtime
1h 12m
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