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Dressed to Kill(Movie, 1980)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 45min | Genres: Mystery, Horror, Crime, Thriller
Dressed to KillRating: 3.5/5 (with 368368 votes)
Dressed to Kill is a 1980 American erotic psychological 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 a New York City housewife (Dickinson) before following a prostitute (Allen) who witnesses the crime, and her attempts to solve it with the help of the victim's son (Keith Gordon). It contains several direct references to Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 film Psycho. Released in July 1980, Dressed to Kill was a box office success in the United States, grossing over $30 million. It received largely favorable reviews, and critic David Denby of New York magazine proclaimed it "the first great American movie of the '80s". Dickinson won the Saturn Award for Best Actress for her performance. Allen received both a Golden Globe Award nomination fo... ()
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Movie poster of Dressed to Kill

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"Dressed to Kill" is currently available on 2 providers. Dressed to Kill can be rented on Amazon Instant Video and Apple / iTunes Store (SD/HD/4K) or purchased on Amazon Instant Video and Apple / iTunes Store (as a download from the website or as a Blu-ray Disc/DVD).

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Available languages: German, English
Duration: 1h 44min
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Available languages: German, English
Duration: 1h 44min
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Apple / iTunes Store
Duration: 1h 45min
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Also available at Amazon.de on: DVD Blu-ray

Awards & Nominations for Dressed to Kill

Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director

About Dressed to Kill

After 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.

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Dressed to Kill (1980) ORIGINAL Trailer [HD 1080p](Trailer, 2:04)

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 25 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Twi (TW), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 03/05/1981 (World premiere: 07/25/1980)
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Pulsions"
"Kledd for mord"
"Одежда для убийства"
"Одет для убийства"
"Одетый для убийствa"

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Other movies with this title: Dressed to Kill (US, 1928), Dressed to Kill (US, 1941), Dressed to Kill (US, 1946), Dressed to Kill (PH, 1966)

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