Container of (work): Dressed to kill (Motion picture) Container of (work): Terror by night (Motion picture) Container of (work): Sherlock Holmes and the secret weapon (Motion picture) Container of (work): Woman in green (Motion picture)
Notes:
Title from container. Based on characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock Holmes and the secret weapon based on the story 'The dancing men' by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Special features: Disc 1: Dress to kill and Terror by night trailers. Disc 2: The only sound film of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who talks about the creation of Holmes and his own psychic experiences. Dressed to kill: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Patrician Morison, Edmund Breon, Frederic Worlock, Carl Harbord Mary Grodon, Ian Wolfe. Terror by night: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Alan Mowbray, Dennis Hoey, Renee Godfrey, Frederic Worlock, Mary Forbes, Skelton Knaggs, Billy Bevan, Geoffrey Steele. Secret weapon: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Lionel Atwill, Kaaren Verne, William Post, Jr. Dennis Hoey. Woman in green: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Hillary Brooke, Henry Daniell, Paul Cavanagh, Matthew Boulton, Eve Amber, Frederic Worlock, Tom Bryson, Sally Shepherd, Mary Gordon.
Contents:
1945. The woman in green Universal pictures, screeplany by Betram Millauser ; produced and directed by Roy William Neill 1946 -- Terror by night Universal Pictures, screenplay, Frank Gruber, produced and directed by Roy William Neill 1946-- Disc 2. Sherlock Holmes and the secret weapon Universal pictures, screenplay by Edward T. Lowe, W. Scott Darling, Edmund L. Hartmann; directed by Roy William Neill 1942 -- The woman in green Universal pictures, screeplany by Betram Millauser ; produced and directed by Roy William Neill 1945.
Summary:
Dressed to kill: Sherlock Holmes sets out to discover why a trio of murderous villains, including a dangerously attractive female, are desperate to obtain three unassuming and inexpensive little music boxes. Terror by night: When the fabled Star of Rhodesia diamond is stolen on a London to Edinburgh train and the son of its owner is murdered, Sherlock Holmes must discover which of his suspicious fellow passengers is responsible. Secret weapon: Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson must protect a Swiss inventor of an advanced bomb sight from falling into German hands. Woman in green: Sherlock Holmes investigates when young women around London turn up murdered, each with a finger severed off. Scotland Yard suspects a madman, but Holmes believes the killings to be part of a diabolical plot.
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