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Dressed to Kill AKA Sherlock Holmes in Dressed to Kill AKA Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Code (1946)
A set of cheap musicboxes that people are willing to kill for puts Sherlock Holmes on the case.Director: Roy William Neill
OVERALL: Draw-
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Subtitles:English (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Dual Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:NOTE, that there are some extras in the box set, but not on the individual releases.
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Extras:DISC ONE
*The Hound of the Baskervilles
*The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
*Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
Audio commentary for "The Hound of the Baskervilles" by David Stuart Davies
Audio commentary for "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" by Richard Valley
"Restoring Sherlock Holmes" introduction by restorer Robert Gitt (4:38)
"War Bond" trailer (0:11)
DISC TWO
*Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
*Sherlock Holmes in Washington
*Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
Audio commentary for "Sherlock Holmes Faces Death" by David Stuart Davies
"War Bond" trailer (0:11)
DISC THREE
*Sherlock Holmes and the Spider-Woman
*The Scarlet Claw
*The Pearl of Death
Audio commentary for "The Scarlet Claw" with David Stuart Davies
"War Bond" trailer (0:12)
DISC FOUR
*The House of Fear
*The Woman in Green
*Pursuit to Algiers
Audio commentary for "The Woman in Green" by David Stuart Davies
"War Bond" trailer (0:12)
DISC FIVE
*Terror by Night
*Dressed to Kill
Audio commentary for "Dressed to Kill" by actress Patricia Morison and Holmes scholars David Gregory and Richard Valley
5 Photo Galleries
Footage of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1:15)
6 Theatrical Trailers (7:05):
- "The Scarlet Claw"
- "The Spider Woman"
- "The Pearl of Death"
- "The House of Fear"
- "Terror by Night"
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Subtitles:English (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Dual Mono
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Case type:Special Case
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Notes:The "War Bond" trailers play after some, but not all films.
5-disc box set, which compiles The Sherlock Holmes Collection volumes 1-3 and "The Hound of the Baskervilles" & "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes". -
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Commentaries:Audio commentary by British author David Stuart Davies ("The Woman in Green" only)
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Extras:Photo gallery
Original movie poster gallery
Production notes by Richard Valley
Archive footage of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -
Subtitles:English (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Dual Mono
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Case type:Special Case
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Notes:4-disc box set, with "The Woman in Green ", "Pursuit to Algiers", and "Terror by Night". Also in the 14-disc "The Complete Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes Collection" box set, with volumes 1-3 + "The Hound of the Baskervilles" & "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes".
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Extras:Colourised Theatrical Trailer
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Subtitles:No
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Dual Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Released under its working title: "Prelude to Murder".
Restored and computer colorized; also features original black and white version. -
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Extras:Colourised Theatrical Trailer
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Subtitles:No
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Dual Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Released under its working title: "Prelude to Murder".
Restored and computer colorized; also features original black and white version.
Also available as part of a 4-disc box set: "Sherlock Holmes in Color". This includes "Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon", "The Woman in Green", "Terror by Night" and a restored, colorized trailer for "Secret Weapon". -
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Extras:Colourised Theatrical Trailer
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Subtitles:No
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Dual Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Restored and computer colorised.
Later reissued as part of a 4-disc box set: "Sherlock Holmes in Colour". This includes "Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon", "The Woman in Green", "Terror by Night" and a restored, colourised trailer for "Secret Weapon". -
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Commentaries:Audio commentaries:
-The Hound of the Baskervilles (by British author David Stuart Davies)
-The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (by Richard Valley, the editor of Scarlet Street Magazine)
-Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (by British author David Stuart Davies)
-The Scarlet Claw (by British author David Stuart Davies)
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Extras:All the films have:
-Production notes by Richard Valley
-Photo gallery
-"Restoring Sherlock Holmes" -featurette (04:30 min)
6 trailers: "The Scarlet Claw", "The Spider Woman", "The Pearl of Death", "The House of Fear", "Terror by Night", and "Dressed to Kill" -
Subtitles:No
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Dual Mono
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Case type:Special Case
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Notes:ONLY in the "Sherlock Holmes - The Definitive Collection" box set (7 single-sided dual-layered disks, two films per disk - in digipack), with "The Hound of the Baskervilles", "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes", "Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror", "Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon", "Sherlock Holmes Faces Death", "The Scarlet Claw", "The Pearl of Death", "Sherlock Holmes in Washington", "The Spider Woman", "The House of Fear", "The Woman in Green ", "Pursuit to Algiers", and "Terror by Night".
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OVERALL: Draw
Between 1993-2001, 12 of the 14-film series were restored by the UCLA ("Hound" and "Adventures" were already in good condition) and are the definitive extant versions. They were subsequently licensed to MPI and Optimum.
For R0, you can buy all 14 films (2 from 20th Century Fox & 12 from Universal Pictures) in the MPI box set, or buy Volumes 1-3 + individual releases of "The Hound of the Baskervilles" & "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes". All R0 releases are also available separately, but they have no extras at all. In brief, the earlier DVDs include copious pages of illustrations and production notes by Sherlock expert Richard Valley, but have no audio commentary on "Dressed to Kill", as it was recorded after their release. Conversely, the 2006 box set loses the production notes, but adds a then-brand new commentary for "Dressed to Kill".
The 20th Century Fox/Legend Films/E1 Entertainment (R1/R2) versions were restored and computer colorized in high definition in 2005 and are also of a very high quality.
So: the choice is yours.
Note, that there are several budget releases also, e.g. by "Blackhorse Entertainment" (UK - Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Collection), "Orbit Media Ltd" (UK), "Bfs Entertainment & Multimedia" (US), "Focusfilm" (US), "Delta Entertainment" (US), "Focus Film Entertainment" (US), "Force Video" (Australia) etc etc, but basically avoid them all.
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CUTS:
- R0 America- MPI Home Video - No cuts.
- R0 The Complete Sherlock Holmes Collection (re-issue) America- MPI Home Video - No cuts.
- R0 The Sherlock Holmes Collection, Volume 3 America- MPI Home Video - No cuts.
- R1 America- Legend Films - No cuts.
- R1 Sherlock Holmes in Color America- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts.
- R2 United Kingdom- E1 Entertainment - No cuts.
- R2 The Definitive Collection United Kingdom- Optimum Releasing - No cuts.
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Comparison added by Jari_Kovalainen on 26/07/05
Comparison last updated by Mark_Meakin on 11/03/20UPDATE LOG:
25/09/12 - Major clean-up. Added R0 US Complete Collection, R1 Fox, R1 Legend Films and R2 UK E1 releases. Added DVDBeaver link.
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