The Sherlock Holmes Mysteries

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Dressed To Kill (1946)
Based on the prolific Sir Arthur Conan Doyle mysteries, Sherlock Holmes in Dressed to Kill was the last time Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce appeared as the Holmes and Watson partnership. This time the inmate of a British prison has incorporated stolen Bank of England engraving plates into a series of music boxes he has made. Several criminals are out to find them, including the deadly Hilda Courtney. Holmes must find the boxes first, when the innocent purchasers of the boxes start to be murdered. Rathbone and Bruce turn in their customarily winning performances and a delicious wicked turn from Patricia Morison helps to enliven things.
Basil Rathbone – Sherlock Holmes
Edmund Breon – Julian Emery
Nigel Bruce – Dr Watson
Patricia Morison – Hilda Courtney
Patricia Cameron – Evelyn Clifford
Harry Cording – Hamid
Tom Dillon – Detective Thompson
Mary Gordon – Mrs Hudson

Roy William Neill: Director/ Producer
Arthur Conan Doyle: Story Author
Frank Gruber: Screenwriter
Leonard Lee: Screenwriter
Maury Gertsman: Cinematographer

Sherlock Holmes & The Secret Weapon (1942)
Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) is pitted against that "Napoleon of Crime," Professor Moriarty (Lionel Atwill). Surpassing his previous skulduggery, Moriarty has now aligned himself with the Nazis and has dedicated himself to stealing a top-secret bomb sight developed by expatriate European scientist Dr Franz Tobel (William Post Jr). Before being kidnapped by Moriarty's minions, Tobel was enterprising enough to disassemble his invention and distribute its components among several other patriotic scientists. Racing against the clock, Holmes and Dr Watson (Nigel Bruce) try to stem the murders of Tobel's colleagues and prevent Moriarty from getting his hands on the precious secret weapon. The now-famous climax finds Holmes playing for time by allowing Moriarty to drain all the blood from his body, drop by drop ("The needle to the last, eh Holmes?" gloats the villain). Dennis Hoey makes his first appearance as the dull-witted, conclusion-jumping Inspector Lestrade. Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon was based loosely on Arthur Conan Doyle's ‘The Dancing Men’.
Basil Rathbone - Sherlock Holmes
Nigel Bruce – Dr John H Watson
Kaaren Verne – Charlotte Eberli
Lionel Atwill – Prof Moriarty
William Post Jr – Dr Franz Tobel
Dennis Hoey – Inspector Lestrade

Roy William Neill: Director
W Scott Darling: Screenwriter
Edmund L Hartmann: Screenwriter
Edward T Lowe: Screenwriter
Leslie White: Screenwriter

The Woman In Green (1945)
Based on Arthur Conan Doyle's book, The Adventure of the Empty House, The Woman in Green finds Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) and Dr Watson (Nigel Bruce) trying to solve the case of the "Finger Murders". Several beautiful women have been found slain, all with their right forefingers severed from their hands. The police are prepared to write off the killings as the work of a madman, but Holmes deduces that there's a sane motive behind it all. Sure enough, the trail of evidence leads to Holmes' perennial nemesis Professor Moriarity (Henry Daniell), who is in league with lissom female criminal Lydia (Hillary Brooke). The Woman in Green comes to a nail-biting conclusion as a hypnotized Holmes wanders precariously along a ledge.
Basil Rathbone – Sherlock Holmes
Nigel Bruce – Dr John H Watson
Hillary Brooke – Lydia Marlow
Henry Daniell – Prof Moriarty
Paul Cavanagh – Sir George Fenwick
Matthew Boulton – Inspector Gregson
Eve Amber – Maude Fenwick

Roy William Neill: Director/ Producer
Bertram Millhauser: Screenwriter
Virgil E Miller: Cinematographer
Edward A Curtiss: Editor

A Study In Scarlet (1933)
In London, a secret society led by a lawyer, Thaddeus Merrydew, collects the assets of any of its deceased members and divides them among the remaining members. Society members then start dropping like flies! Sherlock Holmes is approached by member James Murphy's widow, who is not pleased at being left penniless when her husband dies. When another member, Captain Pyke, is shot, Holmes becomes curious of his mysterious Chinese widow as well as the shady Merrydew. Other members keep dying, and there is also an attempt on the life of young Eileen Forrester, who became a reluctant society member upon the death of her father. Holmes' uncanny observations and insights are put to the test. A cracking Holmes Mystery which features one of the greatest character names of the time – Ah Yet!
Reginald Owen – Sherlock Holmes
Anna May Wong – Mrs Pyke
June Clyde – Eileen Forrester
Alan Dinehart – Thaddeus Merrydew
John Warburton – John Stanford
Warburton Gamble – Dr John H Watson
J M Kerrigan – Jabez Wilson
Alan Mowbray – Inspector Lestrade
Doris Lloyd – Mrs Murphy
Billy Bevan – Will Swallow
Wyndham Standing – Capt Robin Pyke
Dr Cecil Reynolds – William Baker
Hobart Cavanaugh – Innkeeper
Tetsu Komai – Ah Yet

Edwin L Marin: Director
Sam Bischoff: Producer
Burt Kelly: Producer
William Saal: Producer
Arthur Conan Doyle: Short Story Author
Robert Florey: Screenwriter
Reginald Owen: Screenwriter

Terror by Night (1946)
This Sherlock Holmes case takes place almost exclusively on a speeding train, en route from London to Edinburgh. Holmes (Basil Rathbone) is on board to protect a valuable diamond from the clutches of master criminal Colonel Sebastian Moran. The trouble is, Moran is a master of disguise, and could be just about any one of the other passengers. Murder and mayhem plague the train excursion before Holmes can successfully complete his mission. Poor old Dr Watson (Nigel Bruce), a little slower than usual, is still able to demonstrate his ingenuousness and his contribution is cleverly woven into the tale.
Basil Rathbone – Sherlock Holmes
Nigel Bruce – Dr John H Watson
Alan Mowbray – Maj Duncan-Bleek/ Col Sebastian Moran
Dennis Hoey – Inspector Lestrade
Renee Godfrey – Vivian Vedder
Mary Forbes – Margaret Carstairs

Roy William Neill: Director/ Producer
Arthur Conan Doyle: Story Author
Frank Gruber: Screenwriter
Maury Gertsman: Cinematographer

Format: 5 DVD boxset (Black & White)
Category: PG
Label: 5 DVD Boxsets