SHERLOCK HOLMES - TERROR BY NIGHT(1946)
In the set: 100 Greatest Mystery Classics
Still set in the 40s, this is a pretty good film that
is as good as any other detective film made in the
era, save the earliest of the Sherlock Holmes
movies with Rathbone and Bruce! This one finds
our sleuths on a train, hired to protect a jewel
that's just begging to be stolen! With Dennis Hoey
back as Inspector Lastrade, this is very entertaining! A-
A review from an Amazon.com customer:
The 11th film in Universal's series of Sherlock Holmes
films starring Basil Rathbone as the Great Detective
and Nigel Bruce as his faithful companion, Dr. Watson.
With only one more film to go following this 1946 release,
it's not surprising that there's little fresh about this entry,
but it hardly matters. The draw is still Rathbone and Bruce,
as well as Dennis Hoey's Inspector LeStrade, all of whom
deliver typically energetic performances.
The setting is novel, though, with Holmes and Watson
aboard a train bound from London to Edinburgh, acting
as bodyguards for the "Star of Rhodesia," a precious jewel
whose owner is murdered.
Of course, a train is the perfect setting for a mystery,
but as "Murder on the Orient Express" would prove
twenty-eight years later, the claustrophobic atmosphere
severely limits the action. But with a brisk running time
of only 60 minutes, "Terror by Night" never threatens
to bore. - Brian W. Fairbanks
Basil Rathbone ... Sherlock Holmes
Nigel Bruce ... Dr. John H. Watson
Alan Mowbray ... Maj. Duncan-Bleek
Dennis Hoey ... Inspector Lestrade
Renee Godfrey ... Vivian Vedder
Frederick Worlock ... Prof. William Kilbane (as Frederic Worlock)
Mary Forbes ... Lady Margaret Carstairs
Skelton Knaggs ... Sands - Moran's Accomplice
Billy Bevan ... Passenger Car Attendant Taking Tickets
Geoffrey Steele ... Hon. Roland Carstairs
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