Dressed to Kill
Queen…of a crime cult!
1946 | 72m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Roy William Neill |
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| Writer: | Arthur Conan Doyle, Frank Gruber, Leonard Lee |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | May 24, 1946 |
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| Director: | Roy William Neill |
| Writer: | Arthur Conan Doyle, Frank Gruber, Leonard Lee |
| Genres: | Crime, Mystery, Thriller |
| Keywords | auction, black and white, music box, sherlock holmes |
| Production Companies | Universal Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Basil Rathbone | Sherlock Holmes |
| Nigel Bruce | Dr. John H. Watson |
| Patricia Morison | Mrs. Hilda Courtney |
| Frederick Worlock | Colonel Cavanaugh |
| Harry Cording | Hamid |
| Carl Harbord | Inspector Hopkins |
| Holmes Herbert | Ebenezer Crabtree |
| Edmund Breon | Julian 'Stinky' Emery |
| Patricia Cameron | Evelyn Clifford |
| Mary Gordon | Mrs. Hudson |
| Ian Wolfe | Commissioner of Scotland Yard |
| Leyland Hodgson | Tour Guide |
| Marjorie Bennett | Antique Shop Assistant (uncredited) |
| William H. O'Brien | Detective at Murder Scene |
| Frank Baker | Photographer |
| Sally Shepherd | |
| Wallace Scott | Joe Cisto |
| Jack Curtis | Pub Patron (uncredited) |
| Cyril Delevanti | Convict at Dartmoor Prison (uncredited) |
| Charlie Hall | Cab Driver (uncredited) |
| Olaf Hytten | Alfred - Auction House Bookkeeper (uncredited) |
| Frank Mills | Pub Patron (uncredited) |
| Lillian Bronson | Minister's Wife (uncredited) |
| Bobby Hale | Pub Patron (uncredited) |
| Alexander Pollard | Crabtree's Assistant at Auction (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Roy William Neill | Director |
| Arthur Conan Doyle | Story |
| Jack Pierce | Makeup Department Head |
| Frank Gruber | Adaptation |
| Milton Rosen | Music Director |
| Bernard B. Brown | Sound Director |
| Maury Gertsman | Director of Photography |
| Saul A. Goodkind | Editor |
| Carmen Dirigo | Hairstylist |
| Edward R. Robinson | Set Decoration |
| Russell A. Gausman | Set Decoration |
| Leonard Lee | Screenplay |
| Martin Obzina | Art Direction |
| Jack Otterson | Art Direction |
| Vera West | Costume Design |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Roy William Neill | Producer |
| Howard Benedict | Executive Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 10 |
| 2024 | 5 | 15 | 23 | 9 |
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| 2024 | 7 | 14 | 30 | 9 |
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| 2025 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
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| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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I rather enjoyed this final outing for our deductive duo, as they have to get to the bottom of the mysterious murder of the rather unfortunately monikered "Stinky" (Edmund Breon) who went to school with "Dr. Watson". His rather brutal murder is inexplicable, but for the theft from his home of a rath ... er ordinary musical box made at Dartmoor prison. Further investigation reveals the boxes were made by a felon with a very important secret to keep, one which "Mrs. Hilda Courtney" (Patrcia Morison) who likes a little perique in her cigarettes, and her henchman "Hamid" (Harry Cording) will stop at nothing to possess. Again, as with so many of these - it's actually Nigel Bruce ("Watson") who steals the show and saves the day - and together with Basil Rathbone they sign off this series on good form and in good spirits. PS: What did Dr. Samuel Johnson die of...?