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Dressed to Kill

Dressed to Kill

  • Status: Released
  • 24-05-1946
  • Runtime: 72 min
  • Score: 6.533
  • Vote count: 120

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.

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)

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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 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 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...?