Dressed to Kill. 1980. Written and directed by Brian De Palma

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Dressed to Kill. 1980. USA. Directed by Brian De Palma. Courtesy Park Circus/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. All Rights Reserved

Dressed to Kill. 1980. USA. Written and directed by Brian De Palma. With Michael Caine, Angie Dickinson, Nancy Allen. DCP courtesy Park Circus. 105 min.

For Pauline Kael, Brian De Palma could do no wrong. She was particularly enamored with Dressed to Kill: “One of the most sheerly enjoyable films of recent years, this sophisticated horror-comedy…is permeated with the distilled essence of impure thoughts. Set in Manhattan, it’s about sex and fear; De Palma presents extreme fantasies and pulls the audience into them with such apparent ease that the pleasure of the suspense becomes aphrodisiacal. Angie Dickinson shows a much warmer expressive range than might be expected as a beautiful, aging golden blonde, married yet frustrated, and longing to be made love to; Michael Caine brings fine, precise shadings of ambiguity in the role of her analyst.”

This film accompanies Michael Caine: A Shock of Recognition.

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Fri, Aug 29, 2025, 4:00 p.m.

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