Dressed To Kill (1946)

Three inexpensive but identical music boxes are sold at an auction to three different people. But soon one of the owners is killed for it while another owner is robbed of it. What is the secret of the music boxes and why are they so "valuable"? Calling Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) and Dr. Watson (Nigel Bruce)! Loosely based on ADVENTURES OF THE SIX NAPOLEONS by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and directed by Roy William Neill. One of the better entries in Universal's Sherlock Holmes franchise. At this stage of the game, Rathbone and Bruce so inhabit Holmes and Dr. Watson that all they have to do is show up but fortunately they give a little more effort than that. This is one of the Holmes mysteries that give Holmes an opponent worthy of him. The film's sultry villainess as played by Patricia Morison is clever and ruthless and almost gets the best of Holmes. Even if you're not a fan of the Holmes films, there's much to enjoy here. With Edmund Breon, Mary Gordon and Harry Cording.