Cubussoli Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

SoftInloveRox Horrible, fascist and poorly acted

Myron Clemons A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

rolee-1 It's a shame that to make Basil Rathbone's Holmes seem brilliant they had to make Nigel Bruce's Watson the dimmest bulb that ever attempted to shine light and even Holmes has some really dimwitted ideas--storing the music box at 221B Baker Street and going to confront criminals alone when having an accomplice would have been no more difficult. The way the plot was written it seemed necessary, but it seems sloppy writing to have a genius think like an idiot.

biorngm Review - Prelude to Murder a/k/a Dressed to Kill Splendid film, meeting all the requirements in a Holmes mystery, noir prevalent, deductions continue through the story, each providing additional information until the very end with a resolved case. The villainous played by Patricia Morison was perfect in the role, beautiful woman, excellent actress, all contributing to the story. There was sufficient detail provided with each scene to watch Holmes carry out his meticulous search for all relative clues of the crimes committed. The opening at Dartmoor Prison sets the stage, explained later with John Davidson informing his confederates of the plates' location for fear of someone discovering the location prematurely. Stinky killed, Thompson run over by a cab, Kilgour's daughter robbed, and the attempt on Holmes' life were plenty of reasons to catch these thieves and murderers. Obviously the criminals would stop at nothing to get their hands on the stolen currency plates, well played during the movie. Holmes having Joe Cisto identify the song, Watson referring to his days learning the piano by assigning numbers and Watson quoting Samuel Johnson all lead to Holmes conquering the criminals and seeing the stolen plates are returned to The Bank of England.

oscar-35 *Spoiler/plot- Dressed to Kill, 1946, A Sherlock Holmes story some hidden bank-note printing plates hidden by a master thief and never found. When an old school friend of Dr. Watson is found murdered, Sherlock Holmes immediately suspects that this has something to do with his latest collector's item purchase, namely a wooden musical box. The music box has a music code to solve the mystery of the stolen items.*Special Stars- Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Patricia Morison, Ian Wolfe, Harry Cording *Theme- Once Homes is interested, nothing will stop him from solving the mystery.*Trivia/location/goofs- Watch for Nigel Bruce's voice impression of a duck quacking to entertain a frightened little girl. Watch for great character man with a LONG career, Ian Wolfe in this movie. Copyrights of this film fell into public domain and so DVD copies are inferior due to not having access to studio copies.*Emotion- A slightly slow mystery in the Rathbone Holmes series. Enjoyable and has enough drama and intrigue to satisfy everyone.

Michael_Elliott Dressed to Kill (1946) *** (out of 4) Fourteenth and final film in the Rathbone/Holmes series finds he and Watson (Nigel Bruce) trying to find out why three apparently useless music boxes are being stolen from their owners with one of the owners turning up dead. The plot thickens as Holmes believes there's some sort of hidden message in the boxes, which might lead to the whereabouts of some stolen printing plates from the Bank of England. This might have been the last film in the series but that didn't keep them for going out with a bang and turning in one of the best entries. I really thought this was one of the better entries because Holmes and Watson have an actual nice mystery to solve unlike a few of the previous entries in the series. Another major plus is that we're given a terrific villain in the form of Hilda Courtney, perfectly played by the ice-cold Patricia Morison. The screenplay pretty much keeps us and Holmes in the dark as to what's going on and we learn the secrets just as our hero does, which is a nice touch. I liked the fact that Holmes wasn't spot on in coming up with all the clues as even he at times seemed to be stumped as to what was going on. The screenplay offers up quite a bit of twists and turns, all of which are believable and most importantly entertaining. Rathbone certainly shows off a lot more energy this time around as does Watson and the two of them have that banter that makes them the best at playing their characters. As great as the two men are they are equaled by Morison who is pitch-perfect as the silent killer. Edmund Breon and Frederick Worlock add nice support as well. Some could argue that the series should have gone on further but since it did have to end at least it went out on a high note.