Dressed to Kill (1928 film)

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

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 "on loan" from Warner Bros. for the film. 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.".

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 get suspicious his new girlfriend. Because she's a beautiful young girl 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 Logan
• 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)

References

• "New York Times" review March 12, 1928

External links

• Dressed to Kill at IMDb