She's Dressed to Kill
{{Short description|1979 television movie directed by Gus Trikonis}}
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{{Infobox television
| image = She's_Dressed_to_Kill.jpeg
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| genre = {{hlist|Thriller|horror}}
| writer = George Lefferts
| director = Gus Trikonis
| starring = {{Plainlist|
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| music = George Romanis
| country = United States
| language = English
| executive_producer = {{Plainlist|
- Merrill Grant
- Barry J. Weitz
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| producer =
| editor = Ira Heymann
| cinematography = Thomas Del Ruth
| runtime = 100 minutes
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| budget =
| network = NBC
| first_aired = {{Start date|1979|12|10}}{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/shes_dressed_to_kill|work=Rotten Tomatoes|title=She's Dressed to Kill|access-date=February 29, 2020}}
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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.{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b76abeace|work=British Film Institute|title=She's Dressed to Kill (1979)|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200229101231/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b76abeace|archive-date=February 29, 2020}}
Cast
{{Cast listing|
- 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
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Release
=Critical response=
People magazine wrote of the film: "It’s your basic people-trapped-at-isolated-snowy-resort-with-murderer tale, but suspenseful."{{cite web|date=December 10, 1979|author=People Staff|work=People|title=Picks and Pans Review: She's Dressed to Kill|url=https://people.com/archive/picks-and-pans-review-shes-dressed-to-kill-vol-12-no-24/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200229101628/https://people.com/archive/picks-and-pans-review-shes-dressed-to-kill-vol-12-no-24/|archive-date=February 29, 2020}}
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).{{cite book|last=Paglia|first=Camille|authorlink=Camille Paglia|title=Provocations: Collected Essays on Art, Feminism, Politics, Sex, and Education|publisher=Knopf Doubleday|year=1985|page=85|isbn= 978-0-525-43386-6 |location=New York City, New York}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb title|0079898}}
{{Gus Trikonis}}
Category:American mystery films
Category:American slasher films
Category:Films shot in California
Category:American horror television films