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6.4/10   109 votes
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Director:
Eugene Forde
Writers:
Richard Burke (novel)
Brett Halliday (character)
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Release Date:
8 August 1941 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Mystery more
Plot:
Detective Michael Shayne and his girlfriend Joanne leave a marriage bureau when shots fired in a nearby... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Terrific 'B' mystery more

Cast

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Lloyd Nolan ... Michael Shayne
Mary Beth Hughes ... Joanne La Marr
Sheila Ryan ... Connie Earle
William Demarest ... Inspector Pierson
Ben Carter ... Sam
Virginia Brissac ... Lynne Evans, alias Emily the Maid
Erwin Kalser ... Carlo Ralph, alias Otto Kuhn
Henry Daniell ... Julian Davis
Dick Rich ... Al, a detective
Milton Parsons ... Max Allaron
Charles Arnt ... Hal Brennon
Charles Trowbridge ... David Earle
Hamilton MacFadden ... Reporter
May Beatty ... Phyllis Lathrop
Charles C. Wilson ... Editor (as Charles Wilson)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Dead Take No Bows (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
74 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
Certification:
Sweden:15 | USA:Approved

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Followed by Just Off Broadway (1942) more

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19 out of 19 people found the following comment useful:-
Terrific 'B' mystery, 6 February 2000
6/10
Author: John Seal from Oakland CA

Dressed to Kill is one of the most enjoyable 'B' movies I've ever seen. Lloyd Nolan is terrific as Michael Shayne, detective, and his supporting cast is superb to say the least. William Demarest is the best hapless police inspector this side of James Gleason, a youthful Henry Daniell plays a stuck up prig to perfection, Milton Parsons is a bad baddie, and we even get small turns from Mantan Moreland and Billy Benedict. The story is reasonably well written, fast paced, and a lot of fun.

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