Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)
- Directed by
- Roy William Neill
- Genre
- crime film, mystery film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 08m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.9 of 10 from 96 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson investigate a series of murders at a remote English manor turned into a convalescent home for soldiers. The case involves a ancient family ritual and a hidden treasure. Holmes must untangle clues before the killer strikes again.
mysteriousintriguingclassicclevergrimslow-pacedthoughtfulatmospheric
What happens
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death is the sixth film in the Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce series of Sherlock Holmes films. Made in 1943, it is a loose adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's 1893 Holmes short story "The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual". Its three immediate predecessors in the film series were World War II spy adventures with Holmes and Dr. Watson helping the Allies thwart enemy agents, but this one marked a return to the pure mystery film form. Though several characters are military men and there are frequent mentions of the ongoing war, it is not the focus of the story. This was the second of three Holmes films in which Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce and Hillary Brooke appeared together. The first was Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror in 1942 and the third was The Woman in Green in 1945. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Woman in Green (1944)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.