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Dressed to Kill (1946)
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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. Director:Roy William Neill |
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Nigel Bruce | ... | |
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Patricia Morison | ... | |
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Edmund Breon | ... |
Julian 'Stinky' Emery
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Frederick Worlock | ... |
Colonel Cavanaugh
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Carl Harbord | ... |
Inspector Hopkins
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Patricia Cameron | ... |
Evelyn Clifford
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Holmes Herbert | ... |
Ebenezer Crabtree
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Harry Cording | ... |
Hamid
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Leyland Hodgson | ... |
Tour Guide
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Mary Gordon | ... | |
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Ian Wolfe | ... |
Commissioner of Scotland Yard
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Storyline
A convicted thief in Dartmoor prison hides the location of the stolen Bank of England printing plates inside three music boxes. When the innocent purchasers of the boxes start to be murdered, Holmes and Watson investigate. Written by Col Needham <col@imdb.com>
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Queen . . . of a Crime Cult !Genres:
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(USA) See more »Also Known As:
Prelude to Murder See more »Company Credits
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Runtime:
(video version) | (copyright length)Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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Colonel Cavanaugh: Reaching for a star, you fool!
Hamid: Yet a fool may touch a star, Colonel Cavanaugh, if he reaches high enough!
Colonel Cavanaugh: And not possess it as you would!
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Traditional children's song
Played on a music box at the toy store See more »
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Trivia
One of several titles in the Sherlock Holmes series whose original copyrights were apparently not renewed and have thereby fallen into public domain; as a result, seriously inferior copies are presently being offered by a number of VHS and DVD dealers who do not have access to original studio masters. See more »Goofs
Revealing mistakes: The auctioneer read the address from the log to Colonel Cavanaugh (the villain) not Mr Holmes. When Holmes & Watson visited the auctioneer, the dialogue had Holmes mentioning the (incorrect) address. See more »Quotes
Hamid: [angrily, after Cavanaugh has grabbed a book of poems from him inscribed by Mrs. Courtney] Some day you'll go too far!Colonel Cavanaugh: Reaching for a star, you fool!
Hamid: Yet a fool may touch a star, Colonel Cavanaugh, if he reaches high enough!
Colonel Cavanaugh: And not possess it as you would!
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Crazy Credits
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. See more »Soundtracks
"London Bridge is Falling Down"Traditional children's song
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