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Dressed to Kill

Dressed to Kill

1941Movie⏱️ 1h 14mApproved
CrimeDramaFilm-NoirMystery
6.4
IMDB Rating
1,311 votes

Detective Michael Shayne and his girlfriend Joanne are on their way to be married when a scream from a nearby hotel room draws his attention to a pair of theatrical murders.

Director
Eugene Forde
Writers
Stanley Rauh, Manning O'Connor, Richard Burke
Stars
Lloyd Nolan, Mary Beth Hughes, Sheila Ryan
Release Date
August 8, 1941
Language
English
Country
United States
💬 25
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Lloyd Nolan
Lloyd Nolan
as Michael Shayne
Mary Beth Hughes
Mary Beth Hughes
as Joanne La Marr
Sheila Ryan
Sheila Ryan
as Connie Earle
William Demarest
William Demarest
as Inspector Pierson
Ben Carter
Ben Carter
as Sam
Virginia Brissac
Virginia Brissac
as Lynne Evans, alias Emily the Maid
Erwin Kalser
Erwin Kalser
as Carlo Ralph, alias Otto Kuhn
Henry Daniell
Henry Daniell
as Julian Davis
Dick Rich
Dick Rich
as Al -Police Detective
Milton Parsons
Milton Parsons
as Max Allaron

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production
Twentieth Century Fox

🏷️ Keywords

violencemichael shayne charactermurderblackmailframe up

🎯 Categories

Film NoirCrimeDramaMystery

⭐ Featured Review

IMDb gets it right; the movie's credits are wrong
by Irene2122013-08-26
7/10

"I sat bolt upright at the end of this movie because it looked as if there was a serious error in the credits. No, I thought, I must be wrong. But I'm not. The movie's streaming on Netflix, so you can see for yourself: 20th Century Fox reversed the names of the two African-American actors who provide some of the brightest points in this bright little movie. They often entertained as a team, and in this movie Mantan Moreland and Ben Carter play two theater janitors who first appear doing a sweet backstage dance sequence with their brooms while Mary Beth Hughes (too little of her in t..."

💡 Did You Know?

This is one of seven B budget Michael Shayne movies 20th Century-Fox produced in the 1940s. The same character had previously been featured in several novels and a weekly radio program, and would be made into a TV series in the 1950s.

📖 Synopsis

Detective Michael Shayne and his girlfriend Joanne are on their way to be married when a scream from a nearby hotel room draws his attention to a pair of theatrical murders.