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The Little Picture House · Classic cinema
1946 · Mystery / Crime / Thriller · English · Black and white · Approximately 72 minutes
About the film
Three inexpensive music boxes are sold at a London auction. To their new owners they seem ordinary curiosities, but someone is willing to go to extraordinary lengths to recover them.
When an old friend of Dr Watson is drawn into the mystery, Sherlock Holmes takes an interest in the boxes and their unusual tunes. A charming but dangerous woman is also on the trail, turning a musical puzzle into a battle of wits where every note could matter.
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Cast and production
Director and producer: Roy William Neill
Stars: Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes; Nigel Bruce as Dr Watson; Patricia Morison as Hilda Courtney
Also featuring: Edmund Breon, Frederick Worlock, Carl Harbord and Harry Cording
Screenplay: Leonard Lee
Adaptation: Frank Gruber
Characters: Created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Production and distribution: Universal Pictures
Country: United States
Behind the picture
Dressed to Kill was the final film in Universal’s twelve-picture Sherlock Holmes series with Rathbone and Bruce. Its working title was Prelude to Murder.
Film information: AFI Catalog.
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The Woman in Green (1945)
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942)
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