Dressed to Kill

Dressed to Kill

24/5/1946 1h 12m 6.5/10

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.

Director

Roy William Neill

Top Billed Cast

Basil Rathbone

Basil Rathbone

Sherlock Holmes

Patricia Morison

Patricia Morison

Mrs. Hilda Courtney

Harry Cording

Harry Cording

Hamid

Nigel Bruce

Nigel Bruce

Dr. John H. Watson

Frederick Worlock

Frederick Worlock

Colonel Cavanaugh

Carl Harbord

Carl Harbord

Inspector Hopkins

Reviews

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

7/7/2022

7/10

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...?

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