Dressed to Kill (1928 film)
| Dressed to Kill | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Irving Cummings |
| Produced by | William Fox |
| Written by | Malcolm Stuart Boylan |
| Starring | Mary Astor |
| Cinematography | Conrad Wells |
| Edited by | Frank E. Hull |
| Distributed by | Fox Film Corporation |
Release date | March 18, 1928 |
Running time | 70 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent |
Dressed to Kill is a 1928 silent film drama produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation and starring Mary Astor and Edmund Lowe. Astor was "on loan" from Warner Bros. for the film. The New York Times review stated - "Edmund Lowe is capital as the well-tailored Barry. Mr. Barry likes a good round of golf on the day following a fruitful burglary. Mary Astor is charming as Jean and R. O. Pennell makes the most of the "Professor's" rôle.".
Samuel L. Rothafel selected the film for the feature for the first anniversary of the New York City Roxy Theatre.
Plot
The gang of a mob boss grow suspicious of his new girlfriend. She's a beautiful young girl and they don't believe she would actually associate with the mob and wonder if she's really a police "plant". The mobsters dress nattily to not appear "out of place" in the ritzy neighborhoods prior to a heist.
Cast
- Edmund Lowe - Mile-Away Barry
- Mary Astor - Jeanne
- Ben Bard - Nick
- Bob Perry - Ritzy Logan
- Joe Brown - as himself
- Tom Dugan - Silky Levine
- John Kelly - Biff Simpson
- Robert Emmett O'Connor - Detective Gilroy
- R. O. Pennell - Professor
- Ed Brady - singing waiter
- Charles Morton - Jeanne's sweetheart
- Harry Dunkinson - uncredited
- Florence Wix - dressmaker (uncredited)