Dressed to Kill - 1946 - trailer
Directed by Roy William Neill
Written by Frank Gruber - Leonard Lee
Based on The Adventure of the Six Napoleons 1903 short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Produced by Roy William Neill
Cinematography Maury Gertsman
Edited by Saul A. Goodkind
Music by Milton Rosen
Production company Universal Pictures
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release dates May 24, 1946 (New York City, New York) - June 7, 1946 (United States)
Country United States
Language English
Dressed to Kill, released in 1946, also known as Prelude to Murder (working title) and Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Code in the United Kingdom, is the last of fourteen films starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Doctor Watson.
The film has an original story, but combines elements of the short stories "The Adventure of the Six Napoleons" and "A Scandal in Bohemia."
It is one of four films in the series which are in the public domain.