Terror by Night

Watch: Terror by Night

2/1/19461h 0m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ One way ticket to DEATH..! ~

Overview:

Holmes and Watson board a passenger train bound from London to Edinburgh, to guard the Star of Rhodesia, an enormous diamond worth a fortune belonging to an elderly woman of wealth; but within the first hour of the trip, the woman's son is murdered and the diamond stolen and any of the passengers in their car could be the killer thief.

Director:

Roy William Neill

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

mathematics
black and white
private detective
jewel theft
gin rummy
sherlock holmes

Cast

Basil Rathbone

~ as ~

Sherlock Holmes

Nigel Bruce

~ as ~

Dr. John H. Watson

Alan Mowbray

~ as ~

Major Duncan-Bleek

Dennis Hoey

~ as ~

Inspector Lestrade

Renee Godfrey

~ as ~

Vivian Vedder

Frederick Worlock

~ as ~

Prof. William Kilbane

Mary Forbes

~ as ~

Lady Margaret Carstairs

Skelton Knaggs

~ as ~

Sands - Moran's Accomplice

Billy Bevan

~ as ~

Conductor Taking Tickets

Geoffrey Steele

~ as ~

Roland Carstairs

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 3 year(s) ago
7
A wealthy young aristocrat employs "Holmes" to escort himself and his mother on a train from London to Edinburgh alongside the legendary Star of Rhodesia - a diamond the size of a duck egg. Together with trusty sidekick "Dr. Watson" and "Insp. Lestrade" who is ostensibly off fishing for salmon (it isn't quite the season) they embark on a singularly dangerous train journey. It's got plenty of dud trails for our duo, even some appropriated tea pots and a coffin - before we finally identify that the arch criminal "Col. Moran" is also on the train and he will stop at nothing to procure the ice. The pace rattles along as quickly as the train, and builds nicely to quite a quirky conclusion with a few near misses along the way. Great way to spend a hour!