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Terror by Night( 1946)

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One way ticket to DEATH..!

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Basil Rathbone

      Sherlock Holmes

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      Nigel Bruce

      Dr. John H. Watson

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      Alan Mowbray

      Major Duncan-Bleek

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      Dennis Hoey

      Inspector Lestrade

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      Renee Godfrey

      Vivian Vedder

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      Frederick Worlock

      Prof. William Kilbane

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      Mary Forbes

      Lady Margaret Carstairs

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      Skelton Knaggs

      Sands - Moran's Accomplice

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      Billy Bevan

      Conductor Taking Tickets

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      Geoffrey Steele

      Roland Carstairs

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      Janet Murdoch

      Mrs. Shallcross (uncredited)

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      Gerald Hamer

      Alf Shallcross (uncredited)

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      Leyland Hodgson

      Senior Conductor (uncredited)

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      Harry Cording

      Mock the Undertaker (uncredited)

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      Charles Knight

      Baggage Car Guard (uncredited)

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      Boyd Davis

      "Inspector MacDonald" (uncredited)

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      Bobby Wissler

      Mock Jr. (uncredited)

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      Gilbert Allen

      Dining Car Steward (uncredited)

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      C. Aubrey Smith

      Elderly gentleman on train station (uncredited)

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Thu 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...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • mathematics
    • black and white
    • private detective
    • jewel theft
    • gin rummy
    • sherlock holmes