Terror by Night (1946)
1946 · Feature film · 58 min · dir. Roy William Neill
One way ticket to DEATH..!
- Crime
- Mystery
Synopsis
Holmes and Watson board a passenger train bound from London to Edinburgh, to guard the Star of Rhodesia, an enormous diamond worth a fortune belonging to an elderly woman of wealth; but within the first hour of the trip, the woman's son is murdered and the diamond stolen and any of the passengers in their car could be the killer thief.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Roy William Neill
- Writer
- Frank Gruber
- Cinematography
- Maury Gertsman
- Studio
- Universal Pictures
- Released
- 1946-02-01
- Series
- Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) Collection
- Running time
- 58 minutes
Cast & crew
Roy William Neill Director
Skelton Knaggs
Harry Cording
Frederick Worlock
Dennis Hoey
Nigel Bruce
Alan Mowbray
Billy Bevan
Mary Forbes
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · "Terror By Night" Another Great Sherlock Holmes Mystery · porterville · 2010-09-14
Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce are in great form for this Sherlock Holmes mystery. The setting takes place mainly on a train, the plot and pacing is good, and it is neatly wrapped up at the end. For those who like Sherlock Holmes they may want to venture into the radio counterpart on the Internet Archive staring, for the most part, the two excellent actors in this movie. Enjoy!
★★★★★ · Parden me, boy, is that the Edinburgh choo choo? · picfixer · 2010-03-20
This has the smallest budget of all the Universal Sherlock Holmes films, yet it is one of the best. Almost all the action takes place on the night train to Edinburgh, where a young man is mysteriously murdered in a locked day-coach compartment and a fabulous diamond stolen. The list of possible suspects is small, but solving this one won't be easy because the murderer must be caught and the gem recovered before the train reaches its destination. Inspector Lestrade (Dennis Hoey) is onboard, and as usual no help at all. The consummate professionals Rathbone and Bruce are as outstanding as ever.…
