Dressed to Kill (1946)

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Country: USA
Genres: Crime, Mystery
Release: 1946-06-07
Director: Roy William Neill
Writers: Leonard Lee , Frank Gruber , Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)
Language: English
Stars: Basil Rathbone , Nigel Bruce , Patricia Morison , Edmund Breon , Frederick Worlock (1886–1973) , Carl Harbord , Patricia Cameron , Holmes Herbert , Harry Cording , Leyland Hodgson
Runtime: 76 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Melodía mortal (Mexico) , Todbringende Spieldosen (Germany) , Prelude to Murder (United States of America) , Sherlock Holmes et la clé (France, French Republic) , Melodia Fatal (Brazil) , Sherlock Holmes: Gyilkos elegancia (Hungary) , Vestida para un asesinato (Spain) , Sherlock Holmes - Jagd auf Spieldosen (Germany) , Шерлок Холмс: Прелюдия к убийству , La clef (France, French Republic) , Dressed to Kill (United States of America) , Amaade Baraye Koshtan (Iran) , シャーロック・ホームズの殺しのドレス (Japan) , Sherlock Holmes ja soittorasioiden salaisuus (Finland) , Il mistero del carillon (Italy) , Jagd auf Spieldosen (Germany) , Soittorasioiden salaisuus (Finland) , Dressed to Kill (United Kingdom) , Sherlock Holmes i tajny szyfr (Poland) , Vestida para matar (Spain) , Zenélő dobozok (Hungary) , Sherlock Holmes i fara (Sweden) , Sherlock Holmes in Dressed to Kill , Sherlock Holmes et la clef (France, French Republic) , Dressed to Kill , Sherlock Holmes: Dressed to Kill (United States of America) , Vestida Para Matar (Brazil) , A Mensageira da Morte (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Sherlock Holmes ja surmansävel (Finland) , Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Code (United Kingdom) , La clé (France, French Republic) , Gyilkos elegancia (Hungary) , Жажда за убийство (Bulgaria)
Plot: Sherlock Holmes is intrigued when Dr. Watson's friend, Julian 'Stinky' Emery, visits and tells them of a strange robbery at his flat the previous night. Stinky is an avid collector of music boxes and has several quite expensive pieces in his vast collection. The previous night, someone broke into his flat and knocked him unconscious when he tried to intervene. All they took however was a simple wooden music box he had bought at auction that day for a mere £2. The box was one of three available for sale and as Holmes and Watson begin to trace the other purchasers, it becomes apparent that someone will stop at nothing, including murder, to retrieve all three. When Holmes learns the identity of the music box maker, he is convinced it contains directions to the retrieval of something very valuable that the government has kept from the public.
IMDB:tt0038494