HOLMES S-DRESSED TO KILL (DVD) DVD

Dressed to Kill
Based on the prolific Sir Arthur Conan Doyle mysteries, Sherlock Holmes is on the job again. This time the inmate of a British prison has incorporated stolen Bank of England engraving plates into a series of music boxes he has made and multiple criminals are out to find them. Holmes must be first. It's a weak, thin plot for the final of the Holmes/Watson series but it is still a joy to see Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce working off one another. ~ Tana Hobart, All Movie Guide

Cast Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson Patricia Morison as Hilda Courtney Harry Cording as Hamid Frederic Worlock as Col. Cavanagh Mary Gordon as Mrs. Hudson Patricia Cameron as Evelyn Clifford Carl Harbord as Inspector Hopkins

Crew Jack Otterson - Art Director Martin Obzina - Art Director Vera West - Costume Designer Melville Shyer - First Assistant Director Roy William Neill - Director Saul A. Goodkind - Editor Howard Benedict - Executive Producer Hans Salter - Composer (Music Score) Milton Rosen - Composer (Music Score) Milton Rosen - Musical Direction/Supervision Jack Brooks - Songwriter Jack Pierce - Makeup Maury Gertsman - Cinematographer Roy William Neill - Producer Edward Ray Robinson - Set Designer Russell A. Gausman - Set Designer Glenn E. Anderson - Sound/Sound Designer Bernard B. Brown - Sound/Sound Designer Frank Gruber - Screenwriter Leonard Lee - Screenwriter Arthur Conan Doyle - Short Story Author

Dressed to Kill
The final entry in the Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce Sherlock Holmes series Dressed to Kill is not one of the best entries, but it's enjoyable nonetheless. An air of déjà vu hangs over Dressed as if we've all seen this before -- which we certainly have. That's a danger with any long-running series, and here it seems as if the writers and director Roy William Neill were simply connecting the dots and coloring by numbers rather than trying to create something special and sparkling. This is especially true with the cavalier manner Holmes displays in regard to the safety of the music box in his possession and in the way in which the detective is so easily tricked; either of these machinations could have been exploited as an opportunity to comment upon the character's egotism, but this opportunity was missed. At least the cast is not to blame, with Rathbone and Bruce turning in their customarily winning performances and a delicious wicked turn from Patricia Morison helping to enliven things. They help make up for most of the film's shortcomings. ~ Craig Butler, All Movie Guide
 

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