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Terror by Night

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.

Director(s)

Roy William Neill

Melville Shyer

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Cast & Crew

Harry Cording

Harry Cording

Mock the Undertaker (uncredited)

Renee Godfrey

Renee Godfrey

Vivian Vedder

Geoffrey Steele

Geoffrey Steele

Roland Carstairs

Leyland Hodgson

Leyland Hodgson

Senior Conductor (uncredited)

Frederick Worlock

Frederick Worlock

Prof. William Kilbane

Nigel Bruce

Nigel Bruce

Dr. John H. Watson

C. Aubrey Smith

C. Aubrey Smith

Elderly gentleman on train station (uncredited)

Billy Bevan

Billy Bevan

Conductor Taking Tickets

Dennis Hoey

Dennis Hoey

Inspector Lestrade

Roy William Neill

Roy William Neill

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Melville Shyer

Melville Shyer

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Basil Rathbone

Basil Rathbone

Sherlock Holmes

Alan Mowbray

Alan Mowbray

Major Duncan-Bleek

Mary Forbes

Mary Forbes

Lady Margaret Carstairs

Gerald Hamer

Gerald Hamer

Alf Shallcross (uncredited)

Skelton Knaggs

Skelton Knaggs

Sands - Moran's Accomplice

Janet Murdoch

Janet Murdoch

Mrs. Shallcross (uncredited)

Charles Knight

Charles Knight

Baggage Car Guard (uncredited)

Boyd Davis

Boyd Davis

"Inspector MacDonald" (uncredited)

Bobby Wissler

Bobby Wissler

Mock Jr. (uncredited)

Gilbert Allen

Gilbert Allen

Dining Car Steward (uncredited)

Details

GenresMystery, Crime, Thriller
Runtime1h 0 mins
Released on01 Feb 1946
Languageen
Produced InUnited States of America

Reviews

CinemaSerf

7/10

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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