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

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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

The Good Comrades are a collection of varied gentlemen who crave one thing - solitude. They reside at Drearcliff House, ancestral home of their eldest member. All seems serene and convivial until one by one the members begin to perish in the most grisly of manners. Foul play is suspected by the Good Comrades' insurance agent, who turns to Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson for guidance.

7.1

The Pearl of Death

Aug 1, 1944

The famous Borgia Pearl, a valuable gem with a history of bringing murder and misfortune to its owner since the days of the Borgias, is brought to London, thanks in part to Sherlock Holmes. But before long the jewel is stolen, due to an error on Holmes' part, and shortly thereafter, a series of horrible murders begin, the murderer leaving his victims with their spines snapped and surrounded by a mass of smashed china.

6.9

The Scarlet Claw

May 18, 1944

When a woman is found dead with her throat torn out, the local villagers blame a supernatural monster. But Sherlock Holmes, who gets drawn into the case from nearby Quebec, suspects a human murderer.

6.3

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man

Apr 12, 1951

As novice detectives, Bud and Lou come face to face with the Invisible Man.

6.4

The Woman in Green

Jun 15, 1945

Sherlock Holmes investigates when young women around London turn up murdered, each with a finger severed. Scotland Yard suspects a madman, but Holmes believes the killings to be part of a diabolical plot.

6.4

Murder by Decree

Feb 1, 1979

Sherlock Holmes is drawn into the case of Jack the Ripper, who is killing prostitutes in London's East End. Assisted by Dr. Watson, and using information provided by a renowned psychic, Robert Lees, Holmes finds that the murders may have their roots in a Royal indiscretion and that a cover-up is being managed by politicians at the highest level, all of whom happen to be Masons.

6.5

House No. 13

Sep 23, 1952

Sherif visits a psychiatrist for his illness who exploits him to commit a murder by hypnotism.

5.9

The Bat

Aug 9, 1959

Mystery writer Cornelia Van Gorder has rented a country house called "The Oaks", which not long ago was the scene of some murders committed by a strange and violent criminal known as "The Bat". Meanwhile, the house's owner, bank president John Fleming, has recently embezzled one million dollars in securities and has hidden the proceeds in the house, but is killed before he can retrieve it.

6.0

Murder!

Jul 31, 1930

When a woman is convicted of murder, one of the jurors selected to serve on the murder-trial jury believes the accused, an aspiring actress, is innocent of the crime and takes it upon himself to apprehend the real killer.

6.1

Jamaica Inn

May 11, 1939

In coastal Cornwall, England, during the early 19th Century, a young woman who's come there to visit her aunt, discovers that she's married an innkeeper who's a member of a gang of criminals who arrange shipwrecking and murder for profit.

0.0

X Knight

Aug 27, 2019

A mysterious masked vigilante with supernatural powers called X Knight, has to protect Rockwood City from a serial killer known as Killer Spade. Who has been dumping torched bodies of homeless people all over, while our hero must battle with the inner demons of a past tragedy.

6.1

The Killer That Stalked New York

Oct 6, 1950

In New York, Sheila Bennet and her spouse, Matt Krane, are trying to unload a trove of rare jewels they smuggled into America from Cuba, but the police are hot on the couple's trail. Meanwhile, government officials begin a desperate search for an unknown individual who is infecting the city with smallpox.

10.0

GRIS

Apr 28, 2024

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10.0

Lady at Number 16

Jun 23, 2022

Based on the tale by Dale Jarvis, "Lady at Number 16" tells the story of two sailors in the 1800s that help a young lady back into her mansion. They return a few hours later to realize that their night was not all that it had seemed, and it may have had a more sinister twist than expected.

6.9

While the City Sleeps

Apr 19, 1956

Newspaper men compete against each other to find a serial killer dubbed "The Lipstick Killer".

7.0

All Through the Night

Jan 10, 1942

Broadway gamblers stumble across a plan by Nazi saboteurs to blow up an American battleship.

6.3

711 Ocean Drive

Jul 1, 1950

A telephone repairman in Los Angeles uses his knowledge of electronics to help a bookie set up a betting operation. After the bookie is murdered, the greedy technician takes over his business. He ruthlessly climbs his way to the top of the local crime syndicate, but then gangsters from a big East Coast mob show up wanting a piece of his action.

Dressed to Kill

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