Feature1946·60m·6.6

Terror by Night

One way ticket to DEATH..!

MysteryCrimeThriller

Holmes and Watson board a passenger train bound from London to Edinburgh, to guard the Star of Rhodesia, an enormous diamond worth a fortune belonging to an elderly woman of wealth; but within the first hour of the trip, the woman's son is murdered and the diamond stolen and any of the passengers in their car could be the killer thief.

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Cast

Basil Rathbone

Sherlock Holmes

Nigel Bruce

Dr. John H. Watson

Alan Mowbray

Major Duncan-Bleek

Dennis Hoey

Inspector Lestrade

Renee Godfrey

Vivian Vedder

Frederick Worlock

Prof. William Kilbane

Mary Forbes

Lady Margaret Carstairs

Skelton Knaggs

Sands - Moran's Accomplice

Billy Bevan

Conductor Taking Tickets

Geoffrey Steele

Roland Carstairs

Janet Murdoch

Mrs. Shallcross (uncredited)

Gerald Hamer

Alf Shallcross (uncredited)

Leyland Hodgson

Senior Conductor (uncredited)

Harry Cording

Mock the Undertaker (uncredited)

Charles Knight

Baggage Car Guard (uncredited)

Boyd Davis

"Inspector MacDonald" (uncredited)

Bobby Wissler

Mock Jr. (uncredited)

Gilbert Allen

Dining Car Steward (uncredited)

C. Aubrey Smith

Elderly gentleman on train station (uncredited)

Details

Status
Released
Original language
English
Languages
English
Budget
Revenue
Age rating
Quality
4K UHD · HDR10 · Dolby Vision
Production
Universal Pictures

Crew

Director

Roy William Neill

Writers

Frank Gruber, Arthur Conan Doyle

Saul A. Goodkind

Editor

Maury Gertsman

Director of Photography

Vera West

Costume Design

Gallery

Reviews

CinemaSerf

7/7/2022

7.0

A wealthy young aristocrat employs "Holmes" to escort himself and his mother on a train from London to Edinburgh alongside the legendary Star of Rhodesia - a diamond the size of a duck egg. Together with trusty sidekick "Dr. Watson" and "Insp. Lestrade" who is ostensibly off fishing for salmon (it isn't quite the season) they embark on a singularly dangerous train journey. It's got plenty of dud trails for our duo, even some appropriated tea pots and a coffin - before we finally identify that the arch criminal "Col. Moran" is also on the train and he will stop at nothing to procure the ice. The pace rattles along as quickly as the train, and builds nicely to quite a quirky conclusion with a few near misses along the way. Great way to spend a hour!

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