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Dressed to Kill

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Dressed to Kill
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R,1hr 45min
Genres:
Action,Drama
Release:
1980
Director:
Brian De Palma
Distributor:
MGM
Starring:
Michael Caine, Angie Dickinson, Nancy Allen  ...more
Synopsis: One of Brian De Palma's most divisive films, Dressed to Kill is a spine-chilling Alfred Hitchcock update for the late 1970s. Sexually frustrated wife and mother Kate Miller (Angie Dickinson) visits her New York psychiatrist, Dr. Elliott (Michael Caine), to complain about her unfulfilling erotic life. When she then goes to meet her husband at a museum, she meets an anonymous man whom she follows out to a cab. After an afternoon of satisfying sex, Kate discovers that the man has a venereal disease, ... Full Synopsis
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Keith Phipps, AMG Review
Just as Brian De Palma's Obsession rewrote Vertigo, Dressed To Kill rewrites Psycho. This time out, however, De Palma displays far more wit in an overhaul enjoyable for even those less immersed in Hitchcockiana than himself. Criticized for its sadism, the film might more accurately be described as an exploration of the sadism already implicit in Hitchcock's work, particularly in a bravura opening sequence ... Full Review
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Michael Caine
Dr. Robert Elliott
Angie Dickinson
Kate Miller
Nancy Allen
Liz Blake
Keith Gordon
Peter Miller
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