Product: Dressed to Kill (1946)
Rating: 4.0
Standard Sherlock Holmes fare
Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce star as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in the last of 14 feature films they collaborated on in this entertaining series made between 1939 and 1946. "Dressed to Kill was however not one of their finest flicks.The plot revolves around a group of three music boxes constructed by an inmate at Dartmoor prison. This particular inmate stole and hid a set of engraving plates for 5 pound notes. Within the music boxes are clues designed to reveal the whereabout of the missing engraving plates.The music boxes are put up for auction and when their purchasers start winding up murdered, Holmes and Watson begin to investigate. An old school chum of Watson's, "Stinky" Emery, a music box collector, becomes one of the victims. Soon Holmes' attention is captured by a suspicious trio, a distinguished looking retired colonel, a fetching dark haired young woman and a boorish, knife throwing cab driver. Holmes must match wits against this dangerous group to solve the mystery.