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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-
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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