Terror by Night
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| Terror by Night | |
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 Promotional movie poster for the film |
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| Directed by | Roy William Neill |
| Produced by | Roy William Neill |
| Written by | Frank Gruber based on characters created by Arthur Conan Doyle |
| Starring | Basil Rathbone Nigel Bruce Alan Mowbray Dennis Hoey Renee Godfrey |
| Music by | Hans Salter |
| Cinematography | Maury Gertsman |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
| Release date(s) | February 1, 1946 |
| Running time | 60 min. |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
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Terror by Night is a 1946 Sherlock Holmes mystery film inspired by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, loosely based on The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax and "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle". It was directed by Roy William Neill.
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[edit] Plot Synopsis
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
Holmes and Watson meet Inspector Lestrade on a train to Scotland, in which Lady Carstairs, the owner of the famous diamond, the Star of Rhodesia, and her son Roland are travelling. The owner asks Holmes to guard the diamond, but Roland is murdered and the diamond stolen in a locked cabin (a locked-room mystery). Holmes must uncover the diamond and find the murderer, both of whom must still be on the train.
[edit] Cast
- Basil Rathbone - Sherlock Holmes
- Nigel Bruce - Dr John H. Watson
- Alan Mowbray - Major Duncan-Bleek
- Dennis Hoey - Inspector Lestrade
- Renee Godfrey - Vivian Vedeer
- Frederick Worlock - Professor Kilbane
- Mary Forbes - Lady Margaret Carstairs
- Skelton Knaggs - Sands
- Geoffrey Steele - Roland Carstairs
[edit] Trivia
- The character Sebastian Moran is actually a canonical Sherlock Holmes character, appearing in The Adventure of the Empty House. Elements from The Sign of Four are also part of the story.
- C. Aubrey Smith has a cameo as the man that Watson nearly knocks down in his attempt to catch the train.
[edit] External links
- Terror by Night at the Internet Movie Database
- Terror By Night in Windows format in 9 parts for easy bookmarking
