Dressed to Kill (1946 film)

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Dressed to Kill
Directed byRoy William Neill
Written byFrank Gruber
Leonard Lee
Based onThe Adventure of the Six Napoleons
1903 short stories (56)
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Produced byRoy William Neill
StarringBasil Rathbone
Nigel Bruce
Patricia Morison
CinematographyMaury Gertsman
Edited bySaul A. Goodkind
Music byMilton Rosen
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release dates
  • May 24, 1946 (1946-05-24) (New York City, New York)
  • June 7, 1946 (1946-06-07) (United States)
Running time
76 minutes
(copyright length)
72 minutes
(restored version)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Dressed to Kill

Dressed to Kill is a 1946 American mystery film directed by Roy William Neill. Released by Universal Pictures, it is the last of fourteen films starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Doctor Watson.[1] It is also known by the alternative titles Prelude to Murder (working title) and Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Code in the United Kingdom.[2]

The film has an original story, but combines elements of the short stories "The Adventure of the Six Napoleons" and "A Scandal in Bohemia." It is one of four films in the series which are in the public domain and is available online.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Australian Centre for the Moving Image | Dressed to kill". www.acmi.net.au. Retrieved 2023-11-27.
  2. ^ "Film Threat Your Independent Movie Guide | Dressed to Kill". 2015-01-16. Retrieved 2023-11-27.
  3. ^ Sherlock Holmes – Dressed to Kill (1946) | Roy William Neill | 4K Remastered [FULL MOVIE], retrieved 2023-11-27
  4. ^ PublicDomainMovies (2023-03-25). "Dressed to Kill, 1946 starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes". Public Domain Movies. Retrieved 2023-11-27.