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Dressed to Kill(Movie, 1946)

1h 12min | Genre: Crime
Dressed to KillRating: 3.3/5 (with 4343 votes)
Dressed to Kill is a 1946 American mystery film directed by Roy William Neill. Released by Universal Pictures, it is the last of fourteen films starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Doctor Watson. It is also known by the alternative titles Prelude to Murder (working title) and Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Code in the United Kingdom. The film has an original story, but combines elements of the short stories "The Adventure of the Six Napoleons" and "A Scandal in Bohemia." It is one of four films in the series which are in the public domain and is available online. ()
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About Dressed to Kill

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.

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Plays in: England
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 16 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date GR: 05/24/1946
Screenwriter: Frank Gruber
Executive Producer: Roy William Neill
Director of Photography: Maury Gertsman
Composer: Jack Brooks
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Sherlock Holmes en Vestida para un asesinato"
"Vestida para un asesinato"
"Sherlock Holmes et la clé"
"Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Code"
"Sherlock Holmes i fara"
"Sherlock Holmes Dressed to Kill"
"Sherlock Holmes in Dressed to Kill"
Color: Black & White (B/W)

14 movies in the Sherlock Holmes (1939 Series)

1946 Dressed to Kill

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Other movies with this title: Dressed to Kill (US, 1928), Dressed to Kill (US, 1941), Dressed to Kill (PH, 1966), Dressed to Kill (US, 1980)

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