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Release Date: 1946

Cast: Renee Godfrey, Billy Bevan, Gerald Hamer, Nigel Bruce, Dennis Hoey, Janet Murdoch, Leyland Hodgson, Skelton Barnaby Knaggs, Boyd Davis, Mary Forbes, Geoffrey Steele, Alan Mowbray ...MORE

Cast: Renee Godfrey, Billy Bevan, Gerald Hamer, Nigel Bruce, Dennis Hoey, Janet Murdoch, Leyland Hodgson, Skelton Barnaby Knaggs, Boyd Davis, Mary Forbes, Geoffrey Steele, Alan Mowbray, Basil Rathbone, Frederick Worlock ...LESS

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Terror by Night is a 1946 Sherlock Holmes mystery film. It was directed by Roy William Neill, and stars Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson. 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. In London, a young woman named Vivian Vedder (Renee Godfrey) verifies that a carpenter has completed a... MORE

Terror by Night is a 1946 Sherlock Holmes mystery film. It was directed by Roy William Neill, and stars Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson. 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. 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. Shortly afterward, Roland is murdered and the diamond is stolen. Lestrade, Holmes, and LESS