Terror by Night

Terror by Night is an American movie released on 1st february 1946, produced by Universal Pictures, starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson. 60 min. This is the 13th sherlockian movie in the Rathbone series.
Sherlock Holmes is hired by Roland Carstairs to prevent the theft of the Star of Rhodesia, an enormous diamond owned by Carstairs' mother, Lady Margaret. Believing the diamond will be stolen on a train trip from London to Edinburgh, Holmes deftly switches diamonds with Lady Margaret while in her compartment. Soon after, Roland is murdered and the fake diamond is stolen. Red herrings abound as Holmes, aided by Dr. Watson and Inspector Lestrade, discover the murderer's hiding place and deduce that long-time foe Moriarty's henchman Colonel Sebastian Moran is somehow involved in the crime.
Full Movie
Photos
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Roland & Lady Margaret Carstairs
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Vivian Vedder, the coffin woman
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Watson think he has discovered the jewel
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Sands, the killer
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The Moran air gun
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The fake arrestation of colonel Moran
Lobby Cards
Posters
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Terror by Night (USA) 1 february 1946
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Terror by Night
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Terror by Night
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Sherlock Holmes Tar Nattexpressen (Sweden)
20 may 1946
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Terror by Night
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Cast
- Sherlock Holmes : Basil Rathbone
- Dr. John H. Watson : Nigel Bruce
- Maj. Duncan-Bleek (Moran) : Alan Mowbray
- Inspector Lestrade : Dennis Hoey
- Lady Margaret Carstairs : Mary Forbes
- Vivian Vedder : Renee Godfrey
- Prof. William Kilbane : Frederick Worlock
- Alf Shallcross : Gerald Hamer
- Mrs. Shallcross : Janet Murdoch
- Train conductor : Leyland Hodgson
- Passenger car attendant : Billy Bevan
- Roland Carstairs : Geoffrey Steele
- Fake Insp. MacDonald : Boyd Davis
- Sands : Skelton Knaggs
Uncredited
- Dining car steward : Gilbert Allen
- Mock : Harry Cording
- Fake policeman : Colin Kenny
- Baggage car guard : Charles Knight
- Attendant : Tom Pilkington
- Man on train platform : C. Aubrey Smith
- Mock Jr. : Bobby Wissler
Crew
- Director : Roy William Neill
- Producers : Roy William Neill, Howard Benedict
- Screenplay : Frank Gruber
- Cinematography : Maury Gertsman
- Music : Milton Rosen