Dressed to Kill (1946 film)
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| Directed by | Roy William Neill |
| Produced by | Roy William Neill |
| Written by | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (story) Frank Gruber Leonard Lee |
| Starring | Basil Rathbone Nigel Bruce Patricia Morison |
| Music by | Jack Brooks |
| Cinematography | Maury Gertsman |
| Editing by | Saul A. Goodkind |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
| Release date(s) | June 7, 1946 |
| Running time | 76 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Dressed to Kill (also known as Prelude to Murder or Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Code in the UK), is the last of fourteen films starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Doctor Watson.
Though not directly based on any of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Holmes stories, the film features several references to "A Scandal in Bohemia", with Holmes and Watson discussing the recent publication of the story in The Strand Magazine, and the villain of the film using the same trick on Watson that Holmes uses on Irene Adler in the story. The plot also bears some resemblance to "The Adventure of the Six Napoleons".
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[edit] Plot
Three cheap musical boxes (each one playing a subtly different version of "The Swagman"), manufactured in Dartmoor Prison, are sold at a local auction house. However, a criminal gang is determined to steal and recover all three, even if it means committing murder. Sherlock Holmes tries to recover the music boxes and crack the secret code contained in the tune before the gang can get what they want.
[edit] Cast
- Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes
- Nigel Bruce as Dr. John H. Watson
- Patricia Morison as Mrs. Hilda Courtney
- Edmund Breon as 'Stinky' Emery (as Edmond Breon)
- Frederick Worlock as Colonel Cavanaugh (as Frederic Worlock)
- Carl Harbord as Inspector Hopkins
- Patricia Cameron as Evelyn Clifford
- Holmes Herbert as Ebenezer Crabtree
- Harry Cording as Hamid
- Leyland Hodgson as Tour guide
- Mary Gordon as Mrs. Hudson
- Ian Wolfe as Commissioner of Scotland Yard
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Dressed to Kill at the Internet Movie Database
- Dressed to Kill at the TCM Movie Database
- Dressed to Kill at AllRovi
- Dressed to Kill is available for free download at the Internet Archive [more]
- Dressed to Kill at Google Videos (Adobe Flash video)
