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A Study in Scarlet *** (1933, Reginald Owen, Warburton Gamble, Anna May Wong, June Clyde, Alan Dinehart, John Warburton) – Classic Movie Review 1281

Director Edwin L Marin’s 1933 detective mystery thriller film A Study in Scarlet stars Reginald Owen and Warburton Gamble as master detective Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson, who investigate a case of robbery and multiple murder […]

Jun, 02

The Spider Woman ***½ (1943, Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Gale Sondergaard, Dennis Hoey, Mary Gordon) – Classic Movie Review 1,027

The thoroughly enjoyable 1943 mystery film The Spider Woman sees Basil Rathbone’s Sherlock Holmes investigating the ‘pajama suicides’ case. Gale Sondergaard’s Adrea Spedding proves a worthy adversary. ‘I’m so sorry we have nothing in the […]

Mar, 31

The House of Fear *** (1945, Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Dennis Hoey, Aubrey Mather, Florette Hillier) – Classic Movie Review 993

Basil Rathbone’s Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce’s Dr Watson are happily back on home turf again in the 1945 film The House of Fear, called in by an insurance company to solve a series of […]

Mar, 26

The Pearl of Death **** (1944, Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Dennis Hoey, Evelyn Ankers, Miles Mander, Ian Wolfe, Mary Gordon, Rondo Hatton) – Classic Movie Review 992

The 1944 mystery thriller film The Pearl of Death is the seventh in Universal Pictures’ Sherlock Holmes series of 12 films starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, and one of the most potent and satisfying. […]

Mar, 26

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon *** (1942, Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Lionel Atwill, Dennis Hoey, Kaaren Verne) – Classic Movie Review 988

The 1942 spy thriller film Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon is Holmes’s second updated B-movie adventure. Basil Rathbone pretends to be a Nazi spy, adopts various disguises and has to crack a code to […]

Mar, 25

Terror by Night *** (1946, Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Alan Mowbray, Dennis Hoey) – Classic Movie Review 986

‘One Way Ticket to DEATH!’ Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce star for the 13th time as Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson in the 1946 mystery thriller film Terror by Night, their penultimate adventure, this time […]

Mar, 25

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