Dressed to Kill (1980)

Dressed to Kill (1980) (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Golden Globes
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
101 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Documentary
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Short Film
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1980 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Brian De Palma

Written By:
Brian De Palma

Actors:
Michael Caine ..... Doctor Robert Elliott
Angie Dickinson ..... Kate Miller
Nancy Allen ..... Liz Blake
Keith Gordon ..... Peter Miller
Dennis Franz ..... Detective Marino
David Margulies ..... Dr. Levy
Ken Baker ..... Warren Lockman
Susanna Clemm ..... Betty Luce
Brandon Maggart ..... Cleveland Sam
Amalie Collier ..... Cleaning Woman
Mary Davenport ..... Woman in Restaurant
Anneka Di Lorenzo ..... Nurse
Norman Evans ..... Ted
Robbie L. McDermott ..... Man in Shower
Bill Randolph ..... Chase Cabbie

Synopsis:

Writer/Director Brian De Palma "maintains a fever pitch from start to finish" (Leonard Maltin) with this "steamily libidinous and extremely bloody thriller" (Newsweek)! Starring Michael Caine, Angie Dickinson and Nancy Allen (in a Golden Globe-nominated performance), this taut psycho-sexual chiller is a razor-sharp tale of passion, madness and murder that's as "scary as the devil [with] suspense to spare" (Playboy)! Fashionable Manhattan therapist Dr. Robert Elliott (Caine) faces the most terrifying moment of his life, when a psychotic killer begins attacking the women in his life (Dickinson & Allen) - with a straight razor stolen from his office. Desperate to find the murderer before anyone else is hurt, Elliott is soon drawn into a dark and disturbing world of chilling desires. And as the doctor edges closer to the terrible truth, he finds himself lost in a provocative and deadly maze of obsession, deviance and deceit - where the most harmless erotic fantasies... can become the most deadly sexual nightmares!

While taking a shower, Kate Miller, a middle-aged, sexually frustrated New York housewife, has a rape fantasy while her husband stands at the sink shaving. Later that day, after complaining to her psychiatrist Dr. Robert Elliott about her husband's pathetic performance in bed, she meets a strange man at a museum and returns to his apartment where they continue an adulterous encounter that began in the taxicab. Before she leaves his apartment, she finds papers which certify that the man has a venereal disease. Panicked, Kate rushes into the elevator, but has to return to his apartment when she realizes she's forgotten her wedding ring. When the elevator doors open, she's brutally slashed to death by a tall blonde woman wearing dark glasses. Liz Blake, a high-priced call girl, is the only witness to the murder and she becomes the prime suspect and the murderess's next target. Liz is rescued from being killed by Kate's son Peter, who enlists the help of Liz to catch his mother's killer as Detective Marino who's in charge of the case is uncooperative in the investigation.

One of Brian De Palma's most divisive films, DRESSED TO KILL is a spine-chilling Alfred Hitchcock update for the late 1970s. Sexually frustrated wife and mother Kate Miller (Angie Dickinson) visits her New York psychiatrist, Dr. Elliott (Michael Caine), to complain about her unfulfilling erotic life. When she then goes to meet her husband at a museum, she meets an anonymous man whom she follows out to a cab. After an afternoon of satisfying sex, Kate discovers that the man has a venereal disease, but that information becomes a moot point when a razor-wielding blonde woman slashes Kate to ribbons in the elevator of the man's building. Blonde prostitute Liz (Nancy Allen), who caught a glimpse of the murderer, becomes both the prime suspect and the killer's next target. With the police less than willing to believe her story, Liz joins forces with Kate's son Peter (Keith Gordon) to get the psychopath themselves.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 24 November, 2019.