Dressed to Kill
Released
May 24, 1946
Runtime: 1h 12m
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.
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Cast & Crew
Basil Rathbone
Sherlock Holmes
Nigel Bruce
Dr. John H. Watson
Patricia Morison
Mrs. Hilda Courtney
Frederick Worlock
Colonel Cavanaugh
Harry Cording
Hamid
Carl Harbord
Inspector Hopkins
Holmes Herbert
Ebenezer Crabtree
Edmund Breon
Julian 'Stinky' Emery
- PC
Patricia Cameron
Evelyn Clifford
Mary Gordon
Mrs. Hudson
Ian Wolfe
Commissioner of Scotland Yard
Leyland Hodgson
Tour Guide
Marjorie Bennett
Antique Shop Assistant (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
Detective at Murder Scene
Frank Baker
Photographer
Sally Shepherd
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- WS
Wallace Scott
Joe Cisto
- JC
Jack Curtis
Pub Patron (uncredited)
Roy William Neill
Director
Arthur Conan Doyle
Story
- LL
Leonard Lee
Screenplay
Media
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