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 | |
|---|---|
| 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 date | March 18, 1928 |
Running time | 70 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent |
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 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)
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.".