Dressed to Kill is a 1980 American thriller film written and directed by Brian De Palma, and starring Michael Caine, Angie Dickinson and Nancy Allen. It depicts the events leading up to the brutal murder of New York City housewife Kate Miller (Dickinson) before following Liz Blake (Allen), a prostitute who witnesses the crime, and her attempts to solve it with the help of the victim's son Peter (Keith Gordon). It contains several direct references to Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 film Psycho.Released in July 1980, Dressed to Kill was a box office success in the United States, grossing over $31 million against a production budget of $6.5 million, and polarized critics. The film has since gained a cult following.
wearing or provided with clothing; sometimes used in combination adjective dressed in fancy or formal clothing synonyms: dolled up, dressed to kill, dressed to the nines, dressed-up, spiffed up, spruced up, togged up clad, clothed wearing or provided with clothing; sometimes used in combination adjective
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