DVD: www.amazon.com thefilmarchive.org Terror by Night is a 1946 Sherlock Holmes mystery film inspired by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, loosely based on The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax and The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle. It was directed by Roy William Neill, and stars Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson. The story revolves around the theft of a famous diamond aboard a train. 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 …
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#1 written by ciroalb3 July 2nd, 2012 at 08:34
not C Aubrey Smith at 6:15 is it??
#2 written by findeezz July 2nd, 2012 at 08:37
Good and my favourite.
#3 written by gabriellapiper July 2nd, 2012 at 08:46
cool
#4 written by polydactyldraco55 July 2nd, 2012 at 09:16
The humungous diamond that the miner just pulls outta the mud…. LOL. I wanna do that!
#5 written by MrCyclist68 July 2nd, 2012 at 09:21
It’s Chumley-Warner.!
#6 written by jjdude55 July 2nd, 2012 at 10:00
How is this related to Lalna….
#7 written by thomasucc July 2nd, 2012 at 10:02
Poor old Lady Maggie, not only did she lose her multi million diamond but her son on the same night, what a shitty evening
#8 written by ZoieGale July 2nd, 2012 at 10:10
<3
#9 written by julegrauten July 2nd, 2012 at 11:06
wtf
#10 written by nuguita15 July 2nd, 2012 at 11:37
ejejejej que talll
#11 written by Sage80 July 2nd, 2012 at 12:13
my favourite!
#12 written by Mr1974gjb July 2nd, 2012 at 13:07
beats any thing thats made today ?classic
#13 written by denis3528 July 2nd, 2012 at 13:48
muy buno