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.

Dressed to Kill
Lobby card
Directed by	Irving Cummings
Written by	Malcolm Stuart Boylan
Produced by	William Fox
Starring	Mary Astor
Cinematography	Conrad Wells
Edited by	Frank E. Hull
Distributed by	Fox Film Corporation
Release date	March 18, 1928 (1928-03-18)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

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

Plot

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

• Edmund Lowe - Mile-Away Barry
• Mary Astor - Jeanne
• Ben Bard - Nick
• Bob Perry - Ritzy Logan7
• Joe Brown - as himself
• Tom Dugan - Silky Levine
• John Kelly - Biff Simpson
• Robert Emmett O'Connor - Detective Gilroy
• R. O. Pennell - Professor
• Ed Brady - singing waiter
• Charles Morton - Jeanne's sweetheart
• Harry Dunkinson - uncredited
• Florence Wix - dressmaker (uncredited)

Preservation

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

Response

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.".

See also

• The Big City (1928)
• The Racket (1928)

References

• "New York Times" review March 12, 1928

External links

• Dressed to Kill at IMDb
• allmovie.com
• Dressed to Kill at the TCM Movie Database
• Dressed to Kill at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films