Digitally restored in 35mm. DVD extras: Introduction by Robert Gitt, preservation officer at the UCLA Film and Television Archive; audio commentary with David Stuart Davies; production notes by Richard Valley; photo gallery/original movie posters. DVD #300. Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce.
Summary:
The master detective Sherlock Holmes and his faithful cohort Dr. Watson are back. Dressed to kill: Three identical music boxes manufactured by an inmate at Dartmoor Prison are sold to three random collectors at an auction house in London. A female antagonist (Patricia Morison) and her accomplices attempt to recover the music boxes using all means possible, even murder. In pursuit of algiers: Who murdered the King of Rovenia? Can they be stopped before they kill his heir? When Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson board a ship to protect the young man, they find themselves up against notorious jewel thieves as well as royal assassins. Terror by night: Sherlock and Watson investigate the murder on a train from London to Edinburgh and how it might be connected to an attempted jewel theft. The woman in green: Four women are murdered and all four have been left without their right forefinger. Holmes discovers a web of blackmail and hypnotism.
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