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Dressed to Kill (1941)

74 min · Film Noir, film noir

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Directors

Eugene Forde

Cast

Lloyd Nolan, Mary Beth Hughes, Sheila Ryan, William Demarest

The story

Private investigator Michael Shayne and his singer fiancée Joanne La Marr hear a woman screaming from a room in their hotel. The hotel maid Emily has discovered two dead people - producer Louis Lathrop, owner of the hotel and the adjoining theater, and Desiree Vance, one of Lathrop's actresses. Both are dressed in medieval costumes, and Lathrop is wearing the head from a dog costume.

Catalogue themes and tags

Thriller, Crime Fiction, Black-and-white, Mystery, Drama, Film noir

Genres

Film Noir, film noir

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