Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
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| Directed by | Roy William Neill |
| Written by | Arthur Conan Doyle (characters) Bertram Millhauser (adaptation & screenplay) |
| Starring | Basil Rathbone Nigel Bruce |
| Distributed by | Universal Studios |
| Release date(s) | 17 September, 1943 |
| Running time | 68 mins. |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | Sherlock Holmes in Washington |
| Followed by | The Spider Woman |
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death is the sixth film in the Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce series of Sherlock Holmes films. Made in 1943, it incorporates elements of the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle story, The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual.
Plot summary
Dr. Watson is serving as resident doctor at Musgrave Hall in Northumberland, a stately home which is also used as a hospital for a number of officers suffering from shell shock. Watson enlists the help of Holmes after his assistant is attacked. Inspector Lestrade also arrives after the first in a series of murders which seem to be tied up with an ancient and apparently meaningless family ritual. Holmes investigates, and discovers that the ritual points to the location of a land grant, which would make the owner fabulously wealthy. Holmes finally confronts the killer in the crypt in the Manor, and although held at gunpoint, manages to elicit a confession and turn him over to the police.[1]
Cast
- Basil Rathbone – Sherlock Holmes
- Nigel Bruce – Dr. Watson
- Dennis Hoey – Inspector Lestrade
- Arthur Margetson – Dr. Bob Sexton
- Hillary Brooke – Sally Musgrave
- Halliwell Hobbes – Alfred Brunton
- Minna Phillips – Mrs. Howells
- Milburn Stone – Captain Vickery
- Gavin Muir – Phillip Musgrave
References
- ^ Davies, David Stuart, Holmes of the Movies (New English Library, 1976) ISBN 450 03358 9
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