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Studio: Mpi Home Video Release Date: 01/27/2004 Run time: 72 minutes Rating: Nr
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
AS I"VE SAID IN A EARLIER REVIEW THESE SHERLOCK HOLMES RESTORATIONS BY M P I ARE JUST WONDERFUL, I DOUBT THAT YOU WILL EVER FIND BETTER COPIES OF THESE WONDERFUL FOLIOS ( AS HOLMES WOULD HAVE CALLED THEM ) SO PLACE YOUR ORDER, CRANK UP THE MICROWAVE POPCORN, PUT YOUR FEET UP AND WATCH HOMES DEDUCE THE IMPOSIBLE......
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This was the last entry in the series and while not one of the best, it was still an enjoyable entry. As usual, Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce gave excellent performances. At this point in the series Rathbone was tired of his character role and wanted to move on. Patricia Morison who played Hilda Courtney was a very good antagonist of Holmes. The MPI release is much more superior than some of the other poor releases that have been going around for years.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Movie: *** _____ DVD Quality: **** _____ DVD Extras: N/A
The final entry in the beloved Basil Rathbone-Nigel Bruce Sherlock Holmes series relies less on plotting than it does on the expert characterizations of the two leading actors and their onscreen rapport. The mystery is rather simplistic and not particularly compelling: a prison inmate jailed for the theft of Bank of England printing plates has sent out coded clues divulging the location of the hidden plates in three music boxes he has manufactured while in stir. The boxes, intended for his gang, end up in the hands of innocent citizens by mistake. Holmes and Watson become involved in a deadly race to collect the three boxes, crack the code, and find the plates before the prisoner's band of cronies beat them to it.
In their fourteenth outing, the characters of the master sleuth and his sidekick fit Rathbone and Bruce like old, comfortable shoes that are beginning to show their wear. As their deadly adversaries, Patricia Morison, Frederic Worlock, and Harry Cording (remember him as the burly, mute servant in the 1934 film "The Black Cat"?) make an interesting - if unmysterious - trio. The film's name is taken from Morison's character, who has a penchant for dressing to the nines when she's not wearing some sort of disguise. In one scene, a fresh body falls on top of her floor-length white mink, and as she disdainfully pulls the fur out from under the unfortunate victim, she gives the distinct impression of being more worried about her outfit than she is the warm corpse!
The MPI video release features a generally commendable transfer from a 35mm print digitally restored by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. Certainly this is the best edition of the film ever made available on home video; ever since its copyright fell into the public domain, "Dressed to Kill" has been released by second-tier video companies in an unending parade of almost unwatchable washed out and scratchy prints, often plagued by muddy audio. Here, although a couple of scenes briefly appear slightly out-of-focus or overly grainy, the majority of the transfer is sharp and clear in terms of both the video and audio quality. While not the best of the series, the MPI release is nonetheless recommended as a pleasant way to spend 72 minutes, and is definitely the edition to purchase if you plan on adding this title to your home video library.
The final entry in the beloved Basil Rathbone-Nigel Bruce Sherlock Holmes series relies less on plotting than it does on the expert characterizations of the two leading actors and their onscreen rapport. The mystery is rather simplistic and not particularly compelling: a prison inmate jailed for the theft of Bank of England printing plates has sent out coded clues divulging the location of the hidden plates in three music boxes he has manufactured while in stir. The boxes, intended for his gang, end up in the hands of innocent citizens by mistake. Holmes and Watson become involved in a deadly race to collect the three boxes, crack the code, and find the plates before the prisoner's band of cronies beat them to it.
In their fourteenth outing, the characters of the master sleuth and his sidekick fit Rathbone and Bruce like old, comfortable shoes that are beginning to show their wear. As their deadly adversaries, Patricia Morison, Frederic Worlock, and Harry Cording (remember him as the burly, mute servant in the 1934 film "The Black Cat"?) make an interesting - if unmysterious - trio. The film's name is taken from Morison's character, who has a penchant for dressing to the nines when she's not wearing some sort of disguise. In one scene, a fresh body falls on top of her floor-length white mink, and as she disdainfully pulls the fur out from under the unfortunate victim, she gives the distinct impression of being more worried about her outfit than she is the warm corpse!
The MPI video release features a generally commendable transfer from a 35mm print digitally restored by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. Certainly this is the best edition of the film ever made available on home video; ever since its copyright fell into the public domain, "Dressed to Kill" has been released by second-tier video companies in an unending parade of almost unwatchable washed out and scratchy prints, often plagued by muddy audio. Here, although a couple of scenes briefly appear slightly out-of-focus or overly grainy, the majority of the transfer is sharp and clear in terms of both the video and audio quality. While not the best of the series, the MPI release is nonetheless recommended as a pleasant way to spend 72 minutes, and is definitely the edition to purchase if you plan on adding this title to your home video library.
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"Look, Holmes, it's morning!"
Here we have three wooden music boxes that play the same tune...almost; a femme fatale as beautiful as she is deadly; the old darling Sam Johnson giving Holmes a key clue; and the... Read more
Published 21 months ago by C. O. DeRiemer
Fine film, acceptable transfer from scratchy print
The last of the Rathbone Holmes (sob), DTK is a typically fine outing, not Basil's best but still excellent. Read more
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Published on August 9, 2006 by E. A Solinas
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One of the best plots
I have all the Basil Rathbone-Nigel Bruce Sherlock Holmes' movies. This is one of the best and most interesting of them all. Read more
Published on March 22, 2006 by Sgt. Bilko
Cheap thrills
Of the fourteen Sherlock Holmes mysteries starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, three are in the "public domain," meaning the copyrights have elapsed. Read more
Published on November 25, 2005 by yaremar
Rathbone's last bow as the great detective
Dressed to Kill (1946) has the distinction of being the final film starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Read more
Published on October 3, 2004 by Daniel Jolley
Sad ending to series
"Dressed to Kill" was the last of the Sherlock Holmes series for Universal. Sad to say, it's also the most lack-lustre and boring. Read more
Published on April 12, 2004 by Jery Tillotson
Standard Holmes mystery
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