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

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)

Trailer

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