Dressed to Kill

May 24, 1946

1h 12m

★ 6.5

Queen…of a crime cult!

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.

Genres

Mystery

Crime

Thriller

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

Dressed to Kill Trailers

Cast

Sherlock Holmes

Basil Rathbone

Dr. John H. Watson

Nigel Bruce

Mrs. Hilda Courtney

Patricia Morison

Colonel Cavanaugh

Frederick Worlock

Hamid

Harry Cording

Inspector Hopkins

Carl Harbord

Ebenezer Crabtree

Holmes Herbert

Julian 'Stinky' Emery

Edmund Breon

Evelyn Clifford

Patricia Cameron

Mrs. Hudson

Mary Gordon

Commissioner of Scotland Yard

Ian Wolfe

Tour Guide

Leyland Hodgson

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