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Terror by Night

Terror by Night

One way ticket to DEATH..!

19466.61h 0m

Overview

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.

Directed by Roy William Neill
Written by Frank Gruber, Arthur Conan Doyle
Produced by Roy William Neill
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Top Cast

Basil Rathbone

Basil Rathbone

Sherlock Holmes

Nigel Bruce

Nigel Bruce

Dr. John H. Watson

Alan Mowbray

Alan Mowbray

Major Duncan-Bleek

Dennis Hoey

Dennis Hoey

Inspector Lestrade

Renee Godfrey

Renee Godfrey

Vivian Vedder

Frederick Worlock

Frederick Worlock

Prof. William Kilbane

Mary Forbes

Mary Forbes

Lady Margaret Carstairs

Skelton Knaggs

Skelton Knaggs

Sands - Moran's Accomplice

Billy Bevan

Billy Bevan

Conductor Taking Tickets

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Geoffrey Steele

Roland Carstairs

Themes & Keywords

mathematicsblack and whiteprivate detectivejewel theftgin rummysherlock holmes

About Terror by Night

Terror by Night is a mystery, crime, thriller film released in 1946 exploring themes of mathematics, black and white, private detective, jewel theft, gin rummy, sherlock holmes. Directed by Roy William Neill, it stars Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Alan Mowbray. 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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