Dressed to Kill (1946) COLORiZED
76 min - Mystery - 7 June 1946 (USA)
Director:
Roy William Neill
Writers:
Arthur Conan Doyle (story), Frank Gruber (adaptation)
Stars:
Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Patricia Morison
Sherlock Holmes sets out to discover why a trio of murderous villains, including a dangerously attractive female, are desperate to obtain three unassuming and inexpensive little music boxes. Dressed to Kill, also known as Prelude to Murder (working title) and Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Code (in the UK), is the last of fourteen films starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Doctor Watson.
A convicted thief in Dartmoor prison (played by an uncredited Cyril Delevanti) hides the location of the stolen Bank of England printing plates inside three music boxes (each one plays a subtly different version of "The Swagman"). The boxes are sold at a local auction house. However, a criminal gang, the brains behind which belong to a darkly beautiful, ruthless woman, who is also a "consummate actress" as Holmes learns, when she, disguised as a charwoman and speaking Cockney, talks down to both Holmes and Watson, whom she pretends not to recognize, and leaves with a music box right under their noses. She has some muscle behind her but prefers to use her brains. Holmes tries to recover the last music box to crack the secret code contained in the tune before it is too late.
Terror by Night (1946) COLORiZED
60 min - Mystery - 1 February 1946 (USA)
Director:
Roy William Neill
Writers:
Frank Gruber (screenplay), Arthur Conan Doyle (adapted from a story by)
Stars:
Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Alan Mowbray
When the fabled Star of Rhodesia diamond is stolen on a London to Edinburgh train and the son of its owner is murdered, Sherlock Holmes must discover which of his suspicious fellow passengers is responsible. Terror by Night is a 1946 Sherlock Holmes film, the thirteenth to star Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce and was directed by Roy William Neill. The story revolves around the theft of a famous diamond aboard a train.
The film's plot is a mostly original story not directly based on any of Arthur Conan Doyle's Holmes tales, but it uses minor plot elements of "The Adventure of the Empty House," "The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax," and The Sign of the Four.[1]
In London, a young woman named Vivian Vedder (Renee Godfrey) verifies that a carpenter has completed a coffin for her recently deceased mother's body, which she is transporting to Scotland by train. She boards the train that evening, as do Lady Margaret Carstairs (Mary Forbes), who owns and is transporting the famous Star of Rhodesia diamond; Lady Margaret's son Roland (Geoffrey Steele); Holmes, whom Roland has hired to protect the diamond; Inspector Lestrade (Dennis Hoey), who is also worried about the diamond's safety; and Watson and his friend Major Duncan-Bleek (Alan Mowbray). Holmes briefly examines the diamond.
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942) COLORiZED
68 min - Adventure | Crime | Drama - 12 February 1943 (USA)
Director:
Roy William Neill
Writers:
Edward T. Lowe Jr. (screenplay), Scott Darling (screenplay)
Stars:
Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Lionel Atwill |
Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson must protect a Swiss inventor of an advanced bomb sight from falling into German hands. herlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1943) is the fourth in the Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce series of Sherlock Holmes films. The film is credited as an adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Holmes tale "The Adventure of the Dancing Men," but the only element of the source material to be used is the dancing men code.[1] Rather, it is a spy film taking place on the background of the then ongoing Second World War.
Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) pretends to be a Nazi spy to aid scientist Dr. Franz Tobel (William Post Jr.) and his new invention, a bombsight, in escaping a Gestapo trap in Switzerland. Holmes and Franz fly to London, where Holmes places him under the protection of his friend, Dr. Watson (Nigel Bruce). The scientist slips away against Holmes' instructions for a secret reunion with his fiancee, Charlotte Eberli (Kaaren Verne), and gives her an envelope containing a coded message. He tells Charlotte to give it to Holmes if anything should happen to him. Leaving Charlotte's apartment, an attempt to abduct him by German spies is foiled by a passing London bobby.
The Woman in Green (1945) COLORiZED
68 min - Mystery - 27 July 1945 (USA)
Director:
Roy William Neill
Writers:
Bertram Millhauser (screenplay), Arthur Conan Doyle (characters)
Stars:
Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Hillary Brooke |
Sherlock Holmes investigates when young women around London turn up murdered, each with a finger severed off. Scotland Yard suspects a madman, but Holmes believes the killings to be part of a diabolical plot. The Woman in Green is a 1945 American Sherlock Holmes film starring Basil Rathbone as Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson, with Hillary Brooke as the woman of the title and Henry Daniell as Professor Moriarty. The film is not credited as an adaptation of any of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Holmes tales, but several of its scenes are taken from "The Final Problem" and "The Adventure of the Empty House." The Woman in Green is the eleventh film of the Rathbone/Bruce series.
When several women are murdered and their forefingers severed, Holmes and Watson are called into action, but Holmes is baffled by the crimes at the start. Widower Sir George Fenwick (Paul Cavanagh), after a romantic night alone with his girlfriend Lydia Marlowe (Hillary Brooke), is hypnotized into believing that he is responsible for the crimes. He is certain that he is guilty after he awakes from a stupor and finds a woman's forefinger in his pocket. His daughter comes to Holmes and Watson without realizing that Moriarty's henchman is following her. She tells Holmes and Watson that she found her father burying a forefinger under a pile of soil. She has dug up the forefinger and shows it to them.
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