She's Dressed to Kill

She's Dressed to Kill
Genre	Thriller horror
Written by	George Lefferts
Directed by	Gus Trikonis
Starring	Eleanor Parker Jessica Walter John Rubinstein Connie Sellecca
Music by	George Romanis
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Merrill Grant Barry J. Weitz
Cinematography	Thomas Del Ruth
Editor	Ira Heymann
Running time	100 minutes
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	December 10, 1979 (1979-12-10) [1]

She's Dressed to Kill is a 1979 American television slasher film directed by Gus Trikonis and starring Jessica Walter, John Rubinstein, Connie Sellecca, Jim McMullan, Clive Revill, and Gretchen Corbett. Its plot follows a fashion designer who holds a party at her mansion, where the guests begin to get murdered. The film was also known under the title Someone's Killing the World's Greatest Models. ^[2]

Cast

• John Rubinstein as Alan Lenz
• Jessica Walter as Irene Barton
• Connie Sellecca as Alix Goldman
• Jim McMullan as Sheriff Halsey / Michael Barton
• Clive Revill as Victor De Salle
• Gretchen Corbett as Laura Gooch
• Barbara Cason as Deenie Gooch
• Cathie Shirriff as Kate Bedford
• Corinne Calvet as Colette
• Eleanor Parker as Regine Danton
• Peter Horton as Tony Smith
• Jonathan Banks as Rudy Striker
• Marianne McAndrew as Lorna
• Russ Marin as Oscar
• Joanna Cassidy as Camille Bentancourt

Release

The film aired on NBC as a Movie of the Week on Monday, December 10, 1979. ^[3]

Critical response

People magazine wrote of the film: "It’s your basic people-trapped-at-isolated-snowy-resort-with-murderer tale, but suspenseful." ^[4]

Legacy

The film is cited by Camille Paglia in an essay featured in her book Provocations: Collected Essays on Art, Feminism, Politics, Sex, and Education (1985). ^[5]

References

1. "She's Dressed to Kill". Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved February 29, 2020.
2. "She's Dressed to Kill (1979)". British Film Institute . Archived from the original on February 29, 2020.
3. "Murder In Style". New York Daily News . New York City, New York. December 9, 1979. p. 348 – via Newspapers.com.
4. People Staff (December 10, 1979). "Picks and Pans Review: She's Dressed to Kill". People . Archived from the original on February 29, 2020.
5. Paglia, Camille (1985). Provocations: Collected Essays on Art, Feminism, Politics, Sex, and Education. New York City, New York: Knopf Doubleday. p. 85. ISBN   978-0-525-43386-6.

External links

• She's Dressed to Kill at IMDb