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Dressed to Kill

  • 1946
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  • 1h 11m
ÉVALUATION IMDb
6,8/10
7,3 k
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Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, and Patricia Morison in 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.
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Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueA trio of music boxes contains the hidden secret to riches, and a group of criminals will kill for them. In Vibrant Color.A trio of music boxes contains the hidden secret to riches, and a group of criminals will kill for them. In Vibrant Color.A trio of music boxes contains the hidden secret to riches, and a group of criminals will kill for them. In Vibrant Color.

  • Director
    • Roy William Neill
  • Writers
    • Leonard Lee
    • Frank Gruber
    • Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Stars
    • Basil Rathbone
    • Nigel Bruce
    • Patricia Morison
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  • ÉVALUATION IMDb
    6,8/10
    7,3 k
    MA NOTE
    • Director
      • Roy William Neill
    • Writers
      • Leonard Lee
      • Frank Gruber
      • Arthur Conan Doyle
    • Stars
      • Basil Rathbone
      • Nigel Bruce
      • Patricia Morison
    • 93Commentaires d'utilisateurs
    • 23Commentaires de critiques
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    Basil Rathbone
    Basil Rathbone
    • Sherlock Holmes
    Nigel Bruce
    Nigel Bruce
    • Doctor Watson
    Patricia Morison
    Patricia Morison
    • Mrs. Hilda Courtney
    Edmund Breon
    Edmund Breon
    • Julian 'Stinky' Emery
    • (as Edmond Breon)
    Frederick Worlock
    Frederick Worlock
    • Col. Cavanaugh
    • (as Frederic Worlock)
    Carl Harbord
    • Inspector Hopkins
    Patricia Cameron
    • Evelyn Clifford
    Holmes Herbert
    Holmes Herbert
    • Ebenezer Crabtree
    Harry Cording
    Harry Cording
    • Hamid
    Leyland Hodgson
    Leyland Hodgson
    • Tour Guide
    Mary Gordon
    Mary Gordon
    • Mrs. Hudson
    Ian Wolfe
    Ian Wolfe
    • Commissioner of Scotland Yard
    Harry Allen
    • Scottish Man at Auction
    • (uncredited)
    Frank Baker
    Frank Baker
    • Photographer
    • (uncredited)
    Guy Bellis
    • Doctor
    • (uncredited)
    Wilson Benge
    Wilson Benge
    • Minister on Museum Tour
    • (uncredited)
    Marjorie Bennett
    Marjorie Bennett
    • Antique Shop Assistant
    • (uncredited)
    Ted Billings
    • Pub Patron
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Roy William Neill
    • Writers
      • Leonard Lee
      • Frank Gruber
      • Arthur Conan Doyle
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    Commentaires des utilisateurs93

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    8Coventry

    Watson the Duck!

    The last in a wonderful cycle of 14 movies that got launched by a different major production company but always kept the brilliant duo of lead actors Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce as Sherlock Holmes and his loyal assistant Dr. Watson. Some say this is a much weaker entry in the series but, quite frankly, I have no idea on what arguments those opinions are based, as this is another marvelously scripted and professionally directed detective adventure! When an old school friend of Dr. Watson is found murdered, Sherlock Holmes immediately suspects that this has something to do with his latest collector's item purchase, namely a wooden musical box. Two other identical boxes were made by a convicted burglar in prison and the altered melody hides a secret code that leads his accomplices to the location of two stolen Bank of England printing plates! True, the valuable-objects-hidden-at-different-locations premise is somewhat similar to the previous Holmes film "The Pearl of Death" and may therefore come across as unoriginal, but the screenplay contains more than enough variety to make "The Secret Code" another very compelling mystery film. Holmes female opponent, for example, is a truly clever woman who nearly succeeds in setting a trap for our brilliant detective during a very well-mounted sequence. Furthermore, "The Secret Code" (I refuse to use the completely irrelevant title "Dressed to Kill") is fast-paced and contains loads of terrific dialogues. As usual, Bruce's character Dr. Watson provides the story with a couple of neat comical moments, most notably the scene in which he tries to comfort a little girl who just got traumatized by imitating the sound of a duck...impressively, I may add.
    7chris_gaskin123

    Beware of the "deadly" music boxes

    Dressed To Kill was the last of the Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce Sherlock Holmes movies. I rather enjoyed this.

    Music boxes are sold at an auction and the buyers of these seem to get killed. Holmes and Watson are called to investigate these killings and learn that a young women, who is the leader of a criminal gang has something to do with them. After attempting to kill Holmes, she is caught at the end.

    Joining Basil and Nigel in the cast are Patricia Morison as the gang leader and Holmes Herbert.

    Dressed To Kill is a good way to spend just over an hour one evening. Great stuff.

    Rating: 3 and a half stars out of 5.
    6ccthemovieman-1

    The Last Of The Wonderful Rathbone-Bruce Holmes Movies

    I have to agree with about everyone here on two things: 1 - it's sad to see this great combination of Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce end its run of Sherlock Holmes films, and 2 - it's too bad it ended with a mediocre film.

    The story involves several music boxes which are made in prison and sold at an auction. Whoever buys them, gets killed. (I was sorry to see Dr. Watson's friend "Stinky" bite the dust so early, as he was one of the more interesting characters.)

    The main culprit is a deadly female who reminds Holmes of an ex-foe he has great respect for: "Irene Adler." This character is "Hilda Courtney" (Patricia Morrison).

    Actually, if I was grading this, I'd give it a C for "average." It's not the worst one in the series, as some people think, but it's not riveting, either, and I can see why the guys decided to "pack it in" after this one. The end of World War II also signaled the end of this series as a number of them were WWII stories.

    It was a wonderful ride. I own all of them in the series and have a high regard for everyone connected with the set. I still think Rathbone is THE Sherlock Holmes and always will be.
    7ma-cortes

    Last entry Rathbone-Holmes with intrigue , tension and suspenseful

    The Master minds -Holmes and Watson- tackle the master crimes . While Holmes and Watson encounter at 221 Baker Street talking about the publication of the story 'Scandal in Bohemia with Irene Adler' in the Strand Review , are visited by an old friend , a collector of music-boxes , explaining the robbing a special box manufactured by an inmate from Dartmoor prison . Holmes aware about a series of music boxes holds the key to plates stolen from the Bank of England . As always , Sherlock goes into the action dressed in tweed suit , tweed coat and Fedor , as in his twelve Holmes films produced by 20th Century Fox and Universal and mostly directed by Roy William Neill . Then he sets out in pursuit the baddies and in this episode Holmes confronts an uncanny enemy (Patricia Morrison) with malignant purports . This entry , as usual , finds Mrs Hudson , but doesn't appear Inspector Lestrade , substituting a commissioner of Scotland Yard (the eternal secondary Ian Wolfe) . At the ending is resolved the case in an exciting conclusion into library of Samuel Johnson who was a XVIII century poet and author of a notorious dictionary of English language .

    Once terminated the movie , Rathbone dreary on Holmes character decided killing him , such as Arthur Conan Doyle made dropping Holmes into Falls of Reichenbach . This decision along with cancellation the radio-broadcasting proceeded long time ago , originated the followers were deeply annoyed and Nigel Bruce got anger , but he early died . After that , Rathbone only played as Holmes a parody in ¨Milton Berle show¨ and on Broadway stage about a play written by his wife Ouida and with Thomas Gomez as Moriaty . In spite of various historical and important roles performed by Rathbone such as ¨Disraeli¨ and ¨Svengali¨, none surpassed his immortal character , the ideal role for Rathbone and gave him fame and money .
    7CuriosityKilledShawn

    The last of the finest.

    In their last on-screen outing as Holmes and Watson (they still did radio plays with each other after this movie) Rathbone and Bruce find themselves involved in a music box mystery. It seems that anyone who bought one of three matching boxes from a recent auction ends up either dead or with a nasty bump on the head. Assuming that there must be a weird connection Holmes takes the case.

    The story rivals even The Voice of Terror in terms of sheer implausibility. When the purpose of the music box is reveal you have to wonder why anyone would go to all that effort. But it's still entertaining and Patricia Morrison makes for a brilliant villainess.

    Producer and Director Roy William Neill died not long after this film was released, which is probably why it ended up being the last. They could have went on a lot longer, especially if they started using some of Conan Doyle's original works (something that they very rarely did, opting for original screenplays instead), although this one does reference two of stories as past cases.

    A fine, if unspectacular end of a definitive era.

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    • Anecdotes
      The last of 14 films released from 1939-46 based on Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional consulting detective Sherlock Holmes starring Basil Rathbone as Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson. Rathbone was reportedly tired of playing the character. However, he would play Holmes on the stage, radio and television at various times the rest of his career.
    • Gaffes
      Dr. Watson is repeatedly described as having "no ear for music". Yet in two previous films of the series, he is seen both singing and playing the tuba.
    • Citations

      Colonel Cavanaugh: By now Mr. Holmes has no doubt exchanged his violin for a harp.

      Mrs. Hilda Courtney: Oh, well, assuming that Heaven is his destination.

    • Générique farfelu
      This movie's final credit sequence rolled over a scene of Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce leaving Dr. Johnston's house. This sequence was later removed by a TV distributor and has been replaced with a THE END frame from one of the earlier Sherlock Holmes films.
    • Autres versions
      Originally, this movie ended with the final credits superimposed over a shot of Holmes and Watson leaving Dr. Johnson's house. This footage was trimmed by TV distributors and is now lost, so the MPI restorers had to tack on a THE END sequence from another film to finish this Sherlock Holmes film.
    • Connexions
      Featured in The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes (1985)
    • Bandes originales
      The Swagman
      (uncredited)

      Australian folk song

      Played on a music box several times

      Played on piano and on violin by Basil Rathbone and whistled by him

      Played on piano by Wallace Scott

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    • Date de sortie
      • 7 juin 1946 (United States)
    • Pays d’origine
      • United States
    • Site officiel
      • VOD
    • Langue
      • English
    • Aussi connu sous le nom de
      • Prelude to Murder
    • Lieux de tournage
      • Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, Californie, États-Unis(Studio)
    • sociétés de production
      • Legend Films
      • Universal Pictures
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      • 100 000 $ US (estimation)
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    • Durée
      • 1h 11m(71 min)
    • Couleur
      • Black and White
    • Rapport de forme
      • 1.33 : 1

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