Dressed to Kill

Director: Roy William Neill

Overview

"Basil Rathbone once again portrays Sherlock Holmes in Dressed to Kill, which comes to DVD with a standard full-frame transfer. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Mono. There are neither subtitles nor closed-captions on this release. Supp

Product Details

Release Date:	02/08/2005
UPC:	0683070738525
Original Release:	1946
Rating:	NR
Source:	FOCUS FILM
Presentation:	[B&W]
Sound:	[monaural]
Language:	English
Time:	1:12:00

Special Features

Theatrical trailers; Still gallery; Seven original radio broadcasts of "The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" [3 1/2 hours] starring Basil Rothbone and Nigel Bruce

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Basil Rathbone	Sherlock Holmes
Nigel Bruce	Dr. Watson
Patricia Morison	Mrs. Hilda Courtney
Edmond Breon	Julian "Stinky" Emery,Julian Emery
Frederic Worlock	Col. Cavanaugh
Carl Harbord	Inspector Hopkins
Patricia Cameron	Evelyn Clifford
Tom Dillon	Detective Thompson
Harry Cording	Hamid
Topsy Glyn	Kilgour Child
Mary Gordon	Mrs. Hudson, Sherlock Holmes' Housekeeper
Ian Wolfe	Scotland Yard Man
Lillian Bronson	Tourist
Cyril Delevanti	John Davidson, Convict Music Box Maker
Holmes Herbert	Gaylord, Auction House Manager
Olaf Hytten	Auction House Clerk
Leyland Hodgson	Tour Guide at Dr. Samuel Johnson's House
Milton Rosen	Composer
H.J. Salter	Composer

Technical Credits

Leonard Lee

Frank Gruber

Howard Benedict	Executive Producer
Roy William Neill	Producer
Leonard Lee	Screenwriter
Frank Gruber	Screenwriter
Glenn E. Anderson	Sound/Sound Designer
Bernard Brown	Sound/Sound Designer

Scene Index

Side #1 --
0. Scene Index
1. Main titles. [1:09]
2. The Auction. [7:12]
3. Petty Thievery? Maybe not. [8:20]
4. "Just a matter of murder." [4:59]
5. "This is very literally a matter of life or death." [6:34]
6. "We thought we were the hunters." [6:13]
7. "I'm afraid it's murder." [5:51]
8. "Allow me to congratulate you on..." [11:43]
9. "An infallible means of recognition to the trained eye." [5:03]
10. "Your death will be a painless one." [2:53]
11. "I've been duped!" [7:02]
12. "What could go wrong?" [4:28]

Menu

Side #1 --
Play Feature
Theatrical Trailer
Photo Gallery
"The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"
The Second Generation
The Flanders Field
The Eyes of Mr. Leyton
The Problem of Thor Bridge
The Double Zero
Murder in the Casbah
The Strange Case of the Murder in Wax

Editorial Reviews

The final entry in the Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce Sherlock Holmes series Dressed to Kill is not one of the best entries, but it's enjoyable nonetheless. An air of déjà vu hangs over Dressed as if we've all seen this before -- which we certainly have. That's a danger with any long-running series, and here it seems as if the writers and director Roy William Neill were simply connecting the dots and coloring by numbers rather than trying to create something special and sparkling. This is especially true with the cavalier manner Holmes displays in regard to the safety of the music box in his possession and in the way in which the detective is so easily tricked; either of these machinations could have been exploited as an opportunity to comment upon the character's egotism, but this opportunity was missed. At least the cast is not to blame, with Rathbone and Bruce turning in their customarily winning performances and a delicious wicked turn from Patricia Morison helping to enliven things. They help make up for most of the film's shortcomings.