Terror by Night is a 1946 Sherlock Holmes mystery film. It was directed by Roy William Neill, and stars Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson.
In London, a young woman named Vivian Vedder (Renee Godfrey) verifies that a carpenter has completed a coffin for her recently deceased mother’s body, which she is transporting to Scotland by train. She boards the train that evening, as do Lady Margaret Carstairs (Mary Forbes), who owns and is transporting the famous Star of Rhodesia diamond; Lady Margaret’s son Roland (Geoffrey Steele); Holmes, whom Roland has hired to protect the diamond; Inspector Lestrade (Dennis Hoey), who is also worried about the diamond’s safety; and Watson and his friend Major Duncan-Bleek (Alan Mowbray). Holmes briefly examines the diamond.
Shortly afterward, Roland is murdered and the diamond is stolen. Lestrade, Holmes, and Watson learn nothing conclusive in questioning the other passengers, and Holmes is pushed out of the train, nearly to his death, but he climbs back inside and discovers a secret compartment in the coffin carrying Miss Vedder’s mother. He suspects that one of the people on the train is the notorious jewel thief Colonel Sebastian Moran. Upon further questioning, Miss Vedder admits that a man paid her to transport the coffin. As Watson and Duncan-Bleek join the group, Holmes reveals that he swapped the diamond with an imitation while examining it. Lestrade takes possession of the real diamond.
In the luggage compartment, Holmes and Watson find a train guard murdered with a poisoned dart. Meanwhile, a street criminal named Sands (Skelton Knaggs) incapacitates the conductor. Sands was hidden inside the coffin, and is in cahoots with Duncan-Bleek, who is in fact Colonel Moran. Sands and Moran go to Lestrade’s room, where Sands knocks him unconscious and steals the diamond from him, but Moran double-crosses Sands, shooting him dead with the same dart gun he used to kill Roland and the guard.
The train makes an unexpected stop to pick up several Scottish policemen led by Inspector McDonald (Boyd Davis). Holmes informs McDonald that Duncan-Bleek is really Moran, and McDonald arrests Moran and finds the diamond in his vest, but Moran seizes a policeman’s gun and pulls the emergency cord to stop the train. During a scuffle in which the lights are turned off, Holmes subdues and handcuffs Moran, then secretly hides him under a table. When the lights are turned on again, the officers leave the train with Lestrade, his coat covering his face, believing he is Moran. As the train departs, Lestrade captures the thieves in the train station, and Holmes reveals to Watson and Moran that he recognized McDonald as an impostor and recovered the diamond from him during the fight.
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Directed and produced by Roy William Neill, written by Frank Gruber, based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, music by Hans Salter.
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Source: “Terror by Night” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.. 21 June 2012. Web. 1 July 2012. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terror_by_Night.
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basil has donned the role as scripted and the episode carries all the ingredients
required for a plot.
many actors reappear, a school of actors..
I have an idea for a Doctor Who companion. Danny West. All he ever wanted was to have a great adventure. He could have been a skilled military sniper, but didn't because he realized he didn't want to kill people. So he became a mall cop in London. When he meets the Doctor, he sees a chance to have a great adventure, and the Doctor finds creative ways of using his talents.
I have an idea for a Doctor Who companion. Danny West. All he ever wanted was to have a great adventure. He could have been a skilled military sniper, but didn't because he realized he didn't want to kill people. So he became a mall cop in London. When he meets the Doctor, he sees a chance to have a great adventure, and the Doctor finds creative ways of using his talents.
I have an idea for a Doctor Who companion. Danny West. All he ever wanted was to have a great adventure. He could have been a skilled military sniper, but didn't because he realized he didn't want to kill people. So he became a mall cop in London. When he meets the Doctor, he sees a chance to have a great adventure, and the Doctor finds creative ways of using his talents.
I have an idea for a Doctor Who companion. Danny West. All he ever wanted was to have a great adventure. He could have been a skilled military sniper, but didn't because he realized he didn't want to kill people. So he became a mall cop in London. When he meets the Doctor, he sees a chance to have a great adventure, and the Doctor finds creative ways of using his talents.
I have an idea for a Doctor Who companion. Danny West. All he ever wanted was to have a great adventure. He could have been a skilled military sniper, but didn't because he realized he didn't want to kill people. So he became a mall cop in London. When he meets the Doctor, he sees a chance to have a great adventure, and the Doctor finds creative ways of using his talents.
I have an idea for a Doctor Who companion. Danny West. All he ever wanted was to have a great adventure. He could have been a skilled military sniper, but didn't because he realized he didn't want to kill people. So he became a mall cop in London. When he meets the Doctor, he sees a chance to have a great adventure, and the Doctor finds creative ways of using his talents.
Sherlock movies are great when basil Rathbone and nigel bruce are in them
I love Sherlock Holmes
I can't imagine a landscape as they use for this train – from Euston Station in London to Edinburgh's Waverley. There is a night train – but on the Eastern side of the country there is no mountainous areas or places calling for such terrain.
Of all the characters and actors in this 1946 movie – Renee Godfrey = who plays "Vivian Vedder" is the saddest to me. Born Renee Vera Haal on September 1, 1919 in New York City, New York, USA – – she died on May 24, 1964 (age 44) in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was a most pretty woman and I hope her death was at least painless. But the fact that cancer had taken her over – and that cancer in the 1960s was more painful than one could imagine… Had she lived, she would have been one of the great female actors of our time. Though she does not show her smile and her loving ways in this simple movie – she could charm the teeth from a baroness !! She was beyond beautiful.
Ostentatious?, it's as big as a duck's egg. Harumph!
He's a very suspicious character. He tried to put me off the scent.
They've confessed–broke them down–gave them the third degree.
A fellow tries his best, what does he get? Humiliation, abuse, from Lestrade of all people, good mind to chuck up the whole case.
While I really like Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes, I dislike the portrayal of Dr. Watson. – As an idiotic, buffoonish character, done by Nigel Bruce. To me, S.H. seldom, if ever requires the type of "Comic Relief", I feel is attempted here, with the Nigel Bruce renditions, despite Bruce's fine skills as an actor. This is to say nothing of Lestrade, who, if anyone, is more deserving of the humorous anecdotes.
puts me to sleep ^3^
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The Star of Rhodesia Diamond Caper, on a speeding train, with 4 villans, and much foul murder…….come Watson, its' afoot!
I downloaded this
Thank you, I enjoy having these movies on in the background.
I had a boyfriend that looked like basil rathbone…and way more self-centered. ughhh.
Jade056 Who cares. This space is for comments about the movie not your love life. That is why twitter and all those other apps are available.
excellent still!