Product Details

• Actors: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce
• Format: DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Mpi Home Video
• DVD Release Date: January 27, 2004
• Run Time: 72 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0000EMYKJ
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #131,732 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

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:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE COMFORT OF WATCHING HOLMES IN MY HOME, February 14, 2004

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OILMAN "OWEN" (bayside, new york United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sherlock Holmes - Dressed to Kill (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:

4.0 out of 5 stars Last entry in the series, June 9, 2006

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P. MCTAGGART (New York) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sherlock Holmes - Dressed to Kill (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:

3.0 out of 5 stars All Gussied Up, but No Place to Go, April 2, 2005

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J. Michael Click (Fort Worth, Texas United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sherlock Holmes - Dressed to Kill (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.