

Dressed to Kill
The latest fashion in murder.
After witnessing a mysterious woman brutally slay a homemaker, prostitute Liz Blake finds herself trapped in a dangerous situation. While the police thinks she is the murderer, the real killer is intent on silencing her only witness.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $6.5M
- Box office
- $31.9M
- Language
- English
- friendship
- taxi
- prostitute
- nightmare
- transvestism
- photography
- subway
- shower
- manipulation
- assault
- seduction
- one-night stand
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalR25 Jul 1980
- PhysicalRDVD Release28 Aug 2001
- PhysicalRBlu-Ray Release6 Sept 2011
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical18London25 Sept 1980
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalR 18+https://www.classification.gov.au/titles/dressed-kill-016 Oct 1980
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical1825 Jul 1980
BrazilBR
- TheatricalIMDB14 Sept 1981
- Physical14Fox Home mj.gov.br22 Feb 2005
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical1525 Jul 1980
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-1823 Jan 1981
FranceFR
- Theatrical1615 Apr 1981
GermanyDE
- Theatrical165 Mar 1981
GreeceGR
- PhysicalDVD17 Apr 2007
JapanJP
- TheatricalR18+4 Apr 1981
MexicoMX
- TheatricalC25 Jul 1980
Frequently asked questions
Dressed to Kill was released on 25 July 1980.
Audience reviews
4- J8/10
John Chard
2/14/2014
Erotico Psycho Dressed to Kill is directed and written by Brian De Palma. It stars Michael Caine, Angie Dickinson, Nancy Allen, Keith Gordon and Dennis Franz. Music is by Pino Donaggio and cinematography by Ralf D. Bode. Brian De Palma continues his commitment to Hitchcock thrillers with this erotic and lurid slice of entertainment pie. Plot in short order finds a razor wielding blonde woman on the loose in the…
- S7/10
slayrrr666
3/15/2017
Following a housewife’s brutal murder, the only witness to the incident teams up with the woman’s son to try to find the culprit which leads them to the patient of a psychiatrist who treated her and tries to stop the killer from striking them in order to cover the crime. This one turned out to be quite the rather enjoyable effort. A lot of the film’s great parts come from the manner in which this one deals with th…
- G10/10
GenerationofSwine
1/14/2023
It is an enjoyable film...but one with several natural endings. And that kind of makes for a fail. You're ready for the movie to be over after it concludes and then you wait until it concludes again, and then you wait until is actually concludes. However, it is tense, which is a De Palma hallmark, he knows how to make for a tense thriller, and that is where the appeal is, that is what really sets Dressed to Kill a…
- W7/10
Wuchak
10/24/2023
**_Sordid Hitchcockian crime thriller set in the heart of the Big Apple_** A sexually frustrated housewife in Manhattan (Angie Dickinson) does something foolish, which leads to a crime witnessed by an upscale prostitute (Nancy Allen). A therapist (Michael Caine), a detective (Dennis Franz) and a whiz kid (Keith Gordon) help try to solve the case. Helmed by Brian De Palma, "Dressed to Kill" (1980) is a psychol…
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