Dressed to Kill (1946 film)
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| Directed by | Roy William Neill |
| Produced by | Roy William Neill |
| Written by | Arthur Conan Doyle Frank Gruber Leonard Lee |
| Starring | Basil Rathbone Nigel Bruce |
| Music by | Jack Brooks |
| Cinematography | Maury Gertsman |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 1946 |
| Running time | 76 min. |
| Language | English |
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Dressed to Kill, aka 'Sherlock Holmes in Dressed To Kill', is a Sherlock Holmes film starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes.
[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] Trivia
- Titled Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Code in the United Kingdom.
[edit] External links
- Dressed to Kill (1946) at the Internet Movie Database
- Dressed to Kill (1946) is available to download at the Internet Archive.
- Dressed to Kill in Windows format in 13 parts for easy bookmarking
