Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "Conan Doyle"

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Silver Blaze [Murder at the Baskervilles] *** (1937, Arthur Wontner, Ian Fleming, Lyn Harding, John Turnbull, Minnie Rayner) – Classic Movie Review 4480

Director Thomas Bentley’s 1937 double-murder mystery thriller stars the near-ideal Arthur Wontner in his fifth and final portrayal of Sherlock Holmes. This time, unusually, Holmes finds himself defending a racehorse (Silver Blaze) accused of murdering the […]

Oct, 16

The Sign of Four *** (1932, Arthur Wontner, Ian Hunter, Isla Bevan, Graham Soutten, Miles Malleson, Herbert Lomas) – Classic Movie Review 4479

Director Graham Cutts’s 1932 British mystery thriller again stars Arthur Wontner as a stirring Sherlock Holmes and Ian Hunter (replacing Ian Fleming) as a serviceable Dr Watson in a remake of a 1923 British silent […]

Oct, 16

The Crucifer of Blood *** (1991, Charlton Heston, Richard Johnson, Susannah Harker, Simon Callow, John Castle, Edward Fox) – Classic Movie Review 2584

All-American actor Charlton Heston (born plain John Carter) dons the British sleuth deerstalker and gets to play Sherlock Holmes for a surprisingly successful Sir Arthur Conan Doyle outing. It is tensely and atmospherically directed by […]

Jun, 12

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