The Pearl of Death

Watch: The Pearl of Death

8/1/19441h 9m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ The master minds tackle the master crimes! ~

Overview:

The famous Borgia Pearl, a valuable gem with a history of bringing murder and misfortune to its owner since the days of the Borgias, is brought to London, thanks in part to Sherlock Holmes. But before long the jewel is stolen, due to an error on Holmes' part, and shortly thereafter, a series of horrible murders begin, the murderer leaving his victims with their spines snapped and surrounded by a mass of smashed china.

Director:

Roy William Neill

Status:

Released

Language:

English

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Key words:

museum
ocean liner
murder
black and white
series of murders
art gallery
private detective
dover
stolen jewel
sherlock holmes

Cast

Basil Rathbone

~ as ~

Sherlock Holmes

Nigel Bruce

~ as ~

Dr. John Watson

Dennis Hoey

~ as ~

Inspector Lestrade

Evelyn Ankers

~ as ~

Naomi Drake

Miles Mander

~ as ~

Giles Conover

Ian Wolfe

~ as ~

Amos Hodder

Charles Francis

~ as ~

Francis Digby, curator

Holmes Herbert

~ as ~

James Goodram, courier

Richard Aherne

~ as ~

Museum Guard Bates

Mary Gordon

~ as ~

Mrs. Hudson

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 3 year(s) ago
7
Having safely snaffled the blood-steeped “Borgia Pearl” from the dastardly clutches of “Giles Conover” (Miles Mander) “Holmes” (Basil Rathbone) is hoist by his own petard when his rather pompous illustration to the museum curator of the flaws of electronic security systems only sees it stolen again! This time, he and “Watson” (Nigel Bruce) have to try to track it down whilst the smug “Lestrade” (Dennis Hoey) has a laugh at their expense. They really haven’t much clue, until a man is murdered in a particularly violent fashion and his body found amidst some smashed china. Then another, then another - all with broken crockery. “Holmes” reckons this might be the clue, but it’s a jigsaw puzzle just to put together one of the fragments of one of the items, there is no chance they can reassemble all of the pieces - except, well maybe there is a pointer to the criminal mastermind concealed amongst all this debris? The denouement is a bit rushed here, but along the way there is plenty of mischief from a Rathbone at his most supercilious and from Bruce who manages to use his keen deductive brain to stop himself gluing his sleeve to his scrapbook. There’s plenty of humour in this one too, a bit of menace and Evelyn Ankers’s “Naomi” proves to be quite adept at disguises and dishwashing - even if you maybe wouldn’t give her a job in a porcelain shop.