Dressed to Kill is a 1941 American mystery film directed by Eugene Forde and starring Lloyd Nolan, Mary Beth Hughes and Sheila Ryan.

Private investigator Michael Shayne and his singer fiancée Joanne La Marr hear a woman screaming from a room in their hotel.

Police investigator Pierson arrives at the scene and learns from hotel manager Hal Brennon that the costumes are from Lathrop's only successful show, Sweethearts of Paris, from many years earlier.

Shayne examines the list of those involved in the production and discovers that the musical director was Max Allaron, an alcoholic who also lives at the hotel.

Shayne brings Davis to the Lathrop apartment, and they discover a hidden passage to the maid Emily's room downstairs.

They find Emily's dead body and a note explaining that she had killed Lathrop because he had betrayed her years earlier for another woman.

"[3] Hal Erickson of Allmovie wrote that the film "benefits from a powerhouse supporting cast and the effectively moody cinematography of Glenn MacWilliams.