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Dressed To Kill (1946)
Sherlock Holmes sets out to discover why a trio of murderous villains, including a dangerously attractive female, are desperate to obtain three unassuming and inexpensive little music boxes.
The working title of this film was Prelude to Murder. Five months after the film’s release, producer-director Roy William Neill died of a heart attack in England. Dressed to Kill was the twelfth and last film in Universal’s “Sherlock Holmes” series.
Interesting Trivia.
The song Holmes is playing in his study on the violin is Danny Boy.
During the UCLA Sherlock Holmes Restoration Project (1993-2003) they were unable to find any 35mm elements of the main title for this film. The restored version uses a blow-up from a used 16mm television syndication print which was dissolved into the proper point. The main title of the restored version shows a decrease in resolution, increased grain and a reduction in image registration.
| Directed by | Roy William Neill |
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| Produced by | Roy William Neill |
| Written by | Frank Gruber Leonard Lee |
| Based on | The Adventure of the Six Napoleons 1903 short stories (56) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
| Starring | Basil Rathbone Nigel Bruce Patricia Morison |
| Music by | Milton Rosen |
| Cinematography | Maury Gertsman |
| Edited by | Saul A. Goodkind |
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Universal Pictures
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| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time
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76 minutes (copyright length) 72 minutes (restored version) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
