Dressed to Kill
A streetwise prostitute must outwit a relentless killer and prove her innocence after witnessing a brutal murder, racing against police suspicion to uncover the truth before she becomes the next victim.
“The latest fashion in murder.”
Synopsis
Liz Blake, a prostitute, becomes entangled in a deadly mystery after witnessing a woman kill a homemaker. As the police suspect her of the crime, the actual murderer seeks to eliminate her as a potential witness.
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Principal cast & crew: 35
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This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.
Craft leads on file
Edited by Gerald B GreenbergShot by Ralf D BodeScored by Pino Donaggio
Box Office
1980 · Box office
💰 Box-office hit — grossed 4.9× its budget
Why 2.5×?
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Worldwide gross
$31.9M
Also known as
- Vestida para matares
- Pulsionsfr
- Vestito per uccidereit
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Cast & Crew
35 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Michael Caine
as Dr. Robert Elliott
Angie Dickinson
as Kate Miller
Nancy Allen
as Liz Blake
Keith Gordon
as Peter Miller
Dennis Franz
as Detective Marino
David Margulies
as Dr. Levy
Ken Baker
as Warren Lockman
Susanna Clemm
as Betty Luce
Brandon Maggart
as Cleveland Sam
Amalie Collier
as Cleaning Woman
Mary Davenport
as Woman in Restaurant
Anneka Di Lorenzo
as Nurse
Supporting cast
17Norman Evans
as Ted
Robbie L Mcdermott
as Man in Shower
Bill Randolph
as Chase Cabbie
Sean O Rinn
as Museum Cabbie
Fred Weber
as Mike Miller
Samm Art Williams
as Subway Cop
Robert Lee Rush
as Hood #1
Anthony Boyd Scriven
as Hood #2
Robert Mcduffie
as Hood #3
Frederick Sanders
as Hood #4
Paul Deceglie
as TV Reporter (uncredited)
William Finley
as Bobbi (voice) (uncredited)
Erika Katz
as Girl in Elevator (uncredited)
Mark Margolis
as Patient at Bellvue Hospital (uncredited)
Lisa Peluso
as Museum Girl (uncredited)
Jerry Schram
as Building Tenant (uncredited)
Victoria Lynn Johnson
as Angie Dickinson‘s Nude Body Double
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