She's Dressed to Kill

1979 television movie directed by Gus Trikonis

Eleanor Parker
Jessica Walter
John Rubinstein
Connie Sellecca

Music byGeorge RomanisCountry of originUnited StatesOriginal languageEnglishProductionExecutive producers

Merrill Grant
Barry J. Weitz

CinematographyThomas Del RuthEditorIra HeymannRunning time100 minutesOriginal releaseNetworkNBCReleaseDecember 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

^ "She's Dressed to Kill". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
^ "She's Dressed to Kill (1979)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on February 29, 2020.
^ "Murder In Style". New York Daily News. New York City, New York. December 9, 1979. p. 348 – via Newspapers.com.
^ People Staff (December 10, 1979). "Picks and Pans Review: She's Dressed to Kill". People. Archived from the original on February 29, 2020.
^ 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.