Dressed to Kill (1928 film)

Dressed to Kill is a 1928 silent film drama produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation and starring Mary Astor and Edmund Lowe. Astor was loaned from Warner Bros., for the film.[1]

Dressed to Kill
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Directed byIrving Cummings
Written byMalcolm Stuart Boylan
Produced byWilliam Fox
StarringMary Astor
CinematographyConrad Wells
Edited byFrank E. Hull
Distributed byFox Film Corporation
Release date
  • March 18, 1928 (1928-03-18)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Samuel L. Rothafel selected the film for the feature for the first anniversary of the New York City Roxy Theatre.

Plot

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The gang of a mob boss grow suspicious of his new girlfriend. She's a beautiful young girl, and they don't believe she would actually associate with the mob and wonder if she's really a police "plant". The mobsters dress nattily to not appear "out of place" in the ritzy neighborhoods prior to a heist.

Cast

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Preservation

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This is a surviving film at the Museum of Modern Art.[2]

Response

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The New York Times review stated - "Edmund Lowe is capital as the well-tailored Barry. Mr. Barry likes a good round of golf on the day following a fruitful burglary. Mary Astor is charming as Jean, and R. O. Pennell makes the most of the "Professor's" rôle.".

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