Dressed to Kill (1980)

Name: Dressed to Kill (1980)
Duration: 1 h 44 min

1hr 44m

1hr 44m
3.6/5 (31.4K)
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A mysterious blonde woman kills one of the patients of a psychiatrist and then goes after the high-class hooker who witnessed the murder. More Details »

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Brian De Palma

Producer:

George Litto

Runtime:

1hr 44m

Synopsis

A mysterious blonde woman kills one of the patients of a psychiatrist and then goes after the high-class hooker who witnessed the murder.

Cast

Michael Caine
Angie Dickinson
Nancy Allen
Keith Gordon
Dennis Franz
David Margulies
Ken Baker
Susanna Clemm
Brandon Maggart
Amalie Collier

Letterboxd User Reviews

3.6

RATINGS 379 FANS

3.6

Oct 16, 2022

A hooker and a geek join forces to end transphobia once and for all but they only make it worse.

2.5K Likes

CinemaVoid 🏴‍☠️

May 12, 2018

What if Psycho but way more perverted and problematic? Love it.

1.9K Likes

Patrick Willems

Apr 27, 2014

If you've been following along, you can probably guess what I hated about this. De Palma's style is great. He's got this slick, noirish feel that makes good use of shadow and reflection and odd angles to drive the intensity of any given scene, but almost right away, I…

1.5K Likes

Sally Jane Black
Jun 16, 2020

Ooohhhh my name is Brian De Palma did you know I know what a split diopter is

1.4K Likes

Ella Kemp

Dec 29, 2020

dear brian de palma, let's link and build King. too soon for a remake? jason weinberg is my manager--do you know each other? he takes care of melanie griffith, whom you worked with on 'the bonfire of the vanities.' i think you'd just Adore me--as an actress, i mean! after…

1.0K Likes

Hari Nef

Apr 8, 2020

For better (and in some cases worse) De Palma takes Psycho into the realm of giallo; pushing it to its trashiest, most fetishistic possible extreme. Literally opens and closes on a perverse remix of the famous shower scene—one played as an explicit sexual fantasy, the other…

865 Likes

Josh Lewis
i think we can all agree with what went wrong here but we can all agree that it looked fabulous!!! rewatching the met scene as we speak....

854 Likes

sarah squirm

Jul 22, 2020

Problematic fav.

808 Likes

Scott Tobias

Nov 15, 2013

I like the acknowledgment of how tough it is to be a gal, the sympathetic look into an older woman's desires, the touched-upon-but-not-fully-developed issues of victim blaming, the confusions of masculinity and femininity. That all this is done from such a ~sexy~ male point…

654 Likes

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Laughingstalk loved

Dressed to Kill

Spoiler***** A therapist who is transgender has double personalities, and starts killing people.

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dvvillx loved

Dressed to Kill

The camera work was genius, loved the diopter shots and the score, acting was sharp too, caught the “Psycho” homage as I saw it recently. The erotic, thriller, plus the slasher mixture was well blended in together, I found this film to be a fun, refreshing concept.

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Nothuman liked

Dressed to Kill

Overall a really fun and tense thriller with a very good Michael Caine performance, and a lot of cool technical aspects with camera movement and editing

2Y
Assaf Revacha liked

Dressed to Kill

7.7/10 The movie is very suspenseful, with a lot of references from psycho. Nancy Allen is so beautiful and act very good

3M

Josie is "meh" on

Dressed to Kill

What a strange film. I liked the camera techniques to show they were being watched. Otherwise very confusing

3Y

Kent LeHoullier liked

Dressed to Kill

A bit dated but a great Hitchcock tribute with a great performance from Michael Caine

2Y
Ezra liked

Dressed to Kill

Woman get chopped up in a lift by Michael Caine in a wig

1Y

Car loved

Dressed to Kill

Unexpectedly very very good???

1Y

Adrian Prieto loved

Dressed to Kill

very cool

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Based on 16 Critics

7.8

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Generally favorable reviews based on 31 Reviews

A stylish, violent thriller about a sexually frustrated woman (Angie Dickinson), whose fantasies lead to a murder mystery. Directed by Brian De Palma (Carrie). Effective, but not for the kids. [1 Aug 1980, p.4-10]

Gene Siskel

Chicago Tribune

Stylish, intriguing, and very violent.

Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

A witty, romantic, psychological horror film and it's almost as rewarding as a successful analysis...The fun is not in logic but watching how Mr. De Palma successfully tops himself as he goes along, and the fun lasts from the sexy, comic opening sequence right through to the film's several endings.

Vincent Canby

The New York Times

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Frequently Asked Questions

How long is Dressed to Kill (1980)?

The movie is 1hr 44min long.

What's Dressed to Kill (1980) about?

A mysterious blonde woman kills one of the patients of a psychiatrist and then goes after the high-class hooker who witnessed the murder.

Who's the cast of Dressed to Kill (1980)?

Michael Caine as Dr. Robert Elliott
Angie Dickinson as Kate Miller
Nancy Allen as Liz Blake
Keith Gordon as Peter Miller
Dennis Franz as Detective Marino
David Margulies as Dr. Levy
Ken Baker as Warren Lockman
Susanna Clemm as Betty Luce
Brandon Maggart as Cleveland Sam
Amalie Collier as Cleaning Woman

Who's the director behind Dressed to Kill (1980)?

Brian De Palma directed Dressed to Kill (1980).

Who produced Dressed to Kill (1980)?

George Litto produced Dressed to Kill (1980).