dress to kill be brian depalma best film and an absolute thrill ride of suspense and humor and style that remain unrivaled today . depalma have a bum rap in hollywood and a most people claim that he rip off alfred hitchcock . he do not . hitchcock could only dream of what depalma show in his thriller . sadly and the original uncut version of dress to kill be no longer available on video . the current copy release by goodtimes be the jack valenti approve r rat cut . but some copy of depalma original cut still exist . it be the one distribute by warner home video and in both a green cardboard box with angie dickinson on the cover and or in a black clamshell case with the theatrical poster on silver lining . these be the one to get and if you can find a copy . i have the green one and it be among my treasured possession . anyway and back to the story . dickinson play kate miller and a sexually frustrated wife who be be treat by dr. robert elliott ( michael caine ) for her obsessive fantasy . while on a trip to the museum ( a real tour de force for depalma in term of camera work and suspense ) and miller be pick up by a stranger . you can pretty much guess what happen to her and since the ad and box art give away the story . but there be a few complication . a hooker ( nancy allen ) be the sole witness to the murder . kate miller son peter ( keith gordon ) be a teenage genius determine to solve the crime . and dr. elliott answer machine have a certain message on it . about a missing razor . i be not spoil the film at all for you since what i have describe above take place within the opening half hour and depalma big surprise be reserve for the last hour . this film be explicit and however and enough for valenti ( head of the mpaa ) to demand cut in the film . what surprise me be what cut he want . several cut in the opening shower scene and one or two slash scene and some of nancy allen dialogue ( valenti want cock change to bulge ) . this be a film that be very violent and bloody and yet the objection be to sexual content . i would love to hear valenti explaination at how see two woman in a tender love scene in lose and delirious be somehow more damaging to a young mind than arnold schwarzenegger blow away people with a chain gun . it just isn not fair . what make dress to kill so good be that not only be the technical credit first rate and but the performance be very good a well . michael caine and who be in a lot of crap in this time period and give one of his best performance a the doctor . angie dickinson be good than usual and possibly because she actually have a strong role here . nancy allen add this to her range of performance that have her peg a one of the most underrated and overlooked actress in the world . keith gordon be wonderful a the genius and i love all those invention of his . depalma be one of our best director who have never receive the recognition he deserve . the recent joke of the afi 100 best thriller list show that very few people actually know what a thriller be . if they be to actually open their eye for once and they would see that depalma have stake his career in thriller and be actually the best craftsman . this be even good than psycho . it a shame that very few actually know that . out of 4 star .