Dressed to Kill
“Queen…of a crime cult!”
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.
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Part of Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) Collection
14 films
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Movie · 1939
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Movie · 1939
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
Movie · 1942
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
Movie · 1942
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
Movie · 1943
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
Movie · 1943
The Spider Woman
Movie · 1943
The Scarlet Claw
Movie · 1944
The Pearl of Death
Movie · 1944
The House of Fear
Movie · 1945
The Woman in Green
Movie · 1945
Pursuit to Algiers
Movie · 1945
Terror by Night
Movie · 1946
Dressed to Kill
Movie · 1946
Cast
25 people
Basil Rathbone
Sherlock Holmes
Known for
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Nigel Bruce
Dr. John H. Watson
Known for
Rebecca
Suspicion
Patricia Morison
Mrs. Hilda Courtney
Known for
Tarzan and the Huntress
Song of the Thin Man
Frederick Worlock
Colonel Cavanaugh
Known for
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
How Green Was My Valley
Harry Cording
Hamid
Known for
The Black Cat
Against All Flags
Carl Harbord
Inspector Hopkins
Known for
Sahara
Holmes Herbert
Ebenezer Crabtree
Known for
The Invisible Man
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Edmund Breon
Julian 'Stinky' Emery
Known for
The Woman in the Window
Gaslight
Patricia Cameron
Evelyn Clifford
Also in
Kitty
Mary Gordon
Mrs. Hudson
Known for
Bride of Frankenstein
Fort Apache
Ian Wolfe
Commissioner of Scotland Yard
Known for
THX 1138
Witness for the Prosecution
Leyland Hodgson
Tour Guide
Known for
The Ghost of Frankenstein
Bedlam
Roy William Neill Director · Leonard Lee Screenplay Arthur Conan Doyle Story
United States release May 24, 1946 · Produced in United States
Production
Universal Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Mexico · May 24, 1946
Theatrical
United States · May 24, 1946
Limited theatrical · New York City, New York
United States
June 7, 1946 · Theatrical
Germany
December 4, 1983 · TV
Netherlands
December 6, 2006 · Physical · DVD
Russia
June 29, 1994 · TV · ORT (TV) Russian
Sweden
May 24, 1946 · Theatrical
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