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Terror by Night

Release Date: 1946-02-01

Rating: ⭐ 6.5/10 (131 votes)

Genres: Mystery, Crime, Thriller

Overview: 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.

Production: Universal Pictures

🎭 Top Cast

Basil Rathbone
Basil Rathbone
as Sherlock Holmes
Nigel Bruce
Nigel Bruce
as Dr. John H. Watson
Alan Mowbray
Alan Mowbray
as Major Duncan-Bleek
Dennis Hoey
Dennis Hoey
as Inspector Lestrade
Renee Godfrey
Renee Godfrey
as Vivian Vedder
Frederick Worlock
Frederick Worlock
as Prof. William Kilbane

📝 User Reviews

CinemaSerf
⭐ 7/10
Jul 07, 2022

A wealthy young aristocrat employs "Holmes" to escort himself and his mother on a train from London to Edinburgh alongside the legendary Star of Rhodesia - a diamond the size of a duck egg. Together with trusty sidekick "Dr. Watson" and "Insp. Lestrade" who is ostensibly off fishing for salmon (it isn't quite the season) they embark on a singularly dangerous train journey. It's got plenty of dud trails for our duo, even some appropriated tea pots and a coffin - before we finally identify that the arch criminal "Col. Moran" is also on the train and he will stop at nothing to procure the ice. The pace rattles along as quickly as the train, and builds nicely to quite a quirky conclusion with a few near misses along the way. Great way to spend a hour!

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