Container of (expression): Sherlock Holmes und das Halsband des Todes. English. Container of (work): Speckled band (Motion picture) Sherlock Holmes TV Classics.
Notes:
Filmed on location in France, Italy, and West Germany (Deadly necklace) Woman in green: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce. Triumph of Sherlock Holmes: Arthur Wontner, Lyn Harding, Ian Fleming. Dressed to kill: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce. Sign of four: Arthur Wontner, Ian Hunter. Terror by night: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce. Study in Scarlet: Reginald Owen. Murder at the Baskervilles: Arthur Wontner, Ian Fleming, Lyn Harding. Sherlock Holmes and the deadly necklace: Christopher Lee. Speckled band: Raymond Massey, Lyn Harding. Sherlock Holmes and the secret weapon: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Lionel Atwill. Sherlock Holmes TV classics: Ronald Howard, H. Marion Crawford, Archie Duncan. Based on the characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Previously released material.
Contents:
[Disc 1] The woman in green (1938 ; 67 min.) / Universal Pictures Company ; original screenplay by Bertram Millhauser ; produced and directed by Roy William Neill -- Disc 2] Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935 ; 79 min.) / Gaumont-British Picture Corp. ; screen adaptation, H. Fowler Mear & Cyril Twyford ; directed by Leslie S. Hiscott -- [Disc 3] Dressed to kill (1946 ; 68 min.) / Universal Pictures Company ; screenplay by Leonard Lee ; adaptation by Frank Gruber ; produced and directed by Roy William Neill -- [Disc 4] Sign of four (1934 ; 73 min.) / An Associated Radio Picture ; screen play by W.P. Lipscomb ; directed by Graham Cutts -- [Disc 5] Terror by night (1946 ; 58 min.) / Universal Pictures Company ; screenplay by Frank Gruber ; produced and directed by Roy William Neill -- [Disc 6] A study in Scarlet (1933 ; 71 min.) / World Wide Pictures ; a KBS production ; screen play by Robert Florey ; directed by Edwin L. Marin -- [Disc 7] Murder at the Baskervilles (1937 ; 65 min.) / Astor Pictures Corp. presents ; directed by Thomas Bentley -- [Disc 8] Sherlock Holmes and the deadly necklace (1962 ; 85 min.) / CCC Filmkunst GmbH ; screen play by Curt Siodmak ; director, Terence Fisher and Frank Winterstein -- [The speckled band (1931 ; 49 min.) / First Division and Ameranglo Corporation present ; a British Dominions Studios production ; adaptation, W.P. Lipscomb ; directed by Jack Raymond -- [Disc 9] Sherlock Holmes and the secret weapon (1942 ; 68 min.) / screenplay, Edward T. Lowe, W. Scott Darling, Edmund L. Hartmann ; directed by Roy William Neill -- [Disc 10] Sherlock Holmes TV classics (1954 ; 106 min.) / Sheldon Reynolds production.
Summary:
The woman in green: Sherlock Holmes suspense at its best. Hypnotism and fiendish murders all lead to the evil Professor Moriarty and his lovely accomplice. The triumph of Sherlock Holmes: Sherlock Holmes confronts the insidious Professor Moriarty at a spooky castle. Dressed to kill: Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are on the trail of a femme fatale who will stop at nothing, including murder, to track down a set of mysterious music boxes. The sign of four: Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are on the trail of a one-legged killer. Terror by night: Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are in pursuit of a famous stolen diamond aboard the bullet-train from London to Edinburgh. A study in scarlet: Members of the Scarlet Ring Society are being murdered one-by-one and Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson join the police in the hunt for the culprit. Murder at the Baskervilles: Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson uncover a murder plot at a racetrack. The deadly necklace: Professor Moriarty has absconded with Cleopatra's jewels, and Holmes & Watson are on the trail. The speckled band: Holmes must solve the mystery of a young woman's murder. Sherlock Holmes and the secret weapon: Holmes and Watson are pitted against arch-enemy Professor Moriarty, who is planning to steal a top secret invention. Sherlock Holmes TV classics: Four exciting episodes of the rare European TV series featuring Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's master detective.
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