Dressed To Kill
Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
MGM / UA  (1980) 105 mins R

7.1 (7,637 votes)
"A sustained work of terror -- elegant, sensual, erotic, bloody!" -Los Angeles Times

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 chi...

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Cast and Crew
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
Director  .....  Brian De Palma
Producer  .....  George Litto
Writer  .....  Brian De Palma
Notes
Goofs:
Continuity: When Kate gets into the cab after the museum there is a specific rate listed on the outside of the cab. When she gets out there is a different rate. (more)

Trivia:
Brian De Palma originally wanted Liv Ullmann to play Kate Miller, but she declined. (more)

Filming Locations:
162 East 70th Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA (more)

Quotes:
Doctor Robert Elliott: Doctor, I am not paranoid. (more)

Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 6 nominations (more)