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Dressed to Kill (1946)

24/05/1946 (US)Mystery, Crime, Thriller1h 12m
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Queen…of a crime cult!

Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

    1. Basil Rathbone

      Basil Rathbone

      Sherlock Holmes

    2. Nigel Bruce

      Nigel Bruce

      Dr. John H. Watson

    3. Patricia Morison

      Patricia Morison

      Mrs. Hilda Courtney

    4. Frederick Worlock

      Frederick Worlock

      Colonel Cavanaugh

    5. Harry Cording

      Harry Cording

      Hamid

    6. Carl Harbord

      Carl Harbord

      Inspector Hopkins

    7. Holmes Herbert

      Holmes Herbert

      Ebenezer Crabtree

    8. Edmund Breon

      Edmund Breon

      Julian 'Stinky' Emery

    9. Patricia Cameron

      Evelyn Clifford

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    A review by CinemaSerf

    7.0
    Written by CinemaSerf on Jul 7, 2022

    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 rather 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 no...

    StatusReleased

    Original LanguageEnglish

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    Keywords

    • auction
    • black and white
    • music box
    • sherlock holmes