Sherlock Holmes Faces Death

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Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
Directed by	Roy William Neill
Written by	Arthur Conan Doyle (characters) Bertram Millhauser (adaptation & screenplay)
Starring	Basil Rathbone Nigel Bruce
Distributed by	Universal Studios
Release date(s)	17 September, 1943
Running time	68 mins.
Country	United States
Language	English
Preceded by	Sherlock Holmes in Washington
Followed by	The Spider Woman
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Sherlock Holmes Faces Death is the sixth film in the Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce series of Sherlock Holmes films. Made in 1943, it incorporates elements of the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle story, The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual.

[edit] Plot summary

Dr. Watson is serving as resident doctor at Musgrave Hall in Northumberland, a stately home which is also used as a hospital for a number of officers suffering from shell shock. Watson enlists the help of Holmes after his assistant is attacked. Inspector Lestrade also arrives after the first in a series of murders which seem to be tied up with an ancient and apparently meaningless family ritual. Holmes investigates, and discovers that the ritual points to the location of a land grant, which would make the owner fabulously wealthy. Holmes finally confronts the killer in the crypt in the Manor, and although held at gunpoint, manages to elicit a confession and turn him over to the police.^[1]

[edit] Cast

• Basil Rathbone – Sherlock Holmes
• Nigel Bruce – Dr. Watson
• Dennis Hoey – Inspector Lestrade
• Arthur Margetson – Dr. Bob Sexton
• Hillary Brooke – Sally Musgrave
• Halliwell Hobbes – Alfred Brunton
• Minna Phillips – Mrs. Howells
• Milburn Stone – Captain Vickery
• Gavin Muir – Phillip Musgrave

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