Terror by Night (1946) |
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| Director(s) | Roy William Neill |
| Producer(s) | Roy William Neill, Howard Benedict |
| Top Genres | Film Adaptation, Mystery, Thriller/Suspense |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, Detectives, Jewels |
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Basil Rathbone(as Sherlock Holmes)
Terror by Night
Released
1946
Terror by Night
Released
1946
Basil Rathbone
(as Sherlock Holmes)
Nigel Bruce(as Dr. John H. Watson)
Terror by Night
Released
1946
Terror by Night
Released
1946
Nigel Bruce
(as Dr. John H. Watson)
Dennis Hoey(as Inspector Lestrade)
Terror by Night
Released
1946
Terror by Night
Released
1946
Dennis Hoey
(as Inspector Lestrade)
Renee Godfrey(as Vivian Vedder)
Terror by Night
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1946
Terror by Night
Released
1946
Renee Godfrey
(as Vivian Vedder)
Mary Forbes(as Lady Margaret Carstairs)
Terror by Night
Released
1946
Terror by Night
Released
1946
Mary Forbes
(as Lady Margaret Carstair...)
Billy Bevan(as Passenger Car Attendant Taking Tickets)
Terror by Night
Released
1946
Terror by Night
Released
1946
Billy Bevan
(as Passenger Car Attendan...)
Harry Cording(as Mock)
Terror by Night
Released
1946
Terror by Night
Released
1946
Harry Cording
(as Mock)
Stuart Holmes(as Man on Train Platform)
Terror by Night
Released
1946
Terror by Night
Released
1946
Stuart Holmes
(as Man on Train Platform)
Terror by Night Overview:
Terror by Night (1946) was a Mystery - Thriller/Suspense Film directed by Roy William Neill and produced by Roy William Neill and Howard Benedict.
Terror by Night BlogHub Articles:
Holmes on a Train in "Terror By Night"
Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes. There are better entries in the Basil Rathbone-Nigel Bruce Sherlock Holmes film series. In fact, when I ranked all twelve films from best to worst in 2009, Terror By Night came in #6--and, after viewing it again recently, that still feels right. But it has one thi... Read full article
Holmes on a Train in "Terror By Night"
Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes. There are better entries in the Basil Rathbone-Nigel Bruce Sherlock Holmes film series. In fact, when I ranked all twelve films from best to worst in 2009, Terror By Night came in #6--and, after viewing it again recently, that still feels right. But it has one thi... Read full article
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Terror by Night Quotes:
Lady Margaret Carstairs:
[presenting her diamond] My husband gave it to me on our fifth wedding anniversary.
Sherlock Holmes: 423 carats, isn't it?
Lady Margaret Carstairs: The original diamond was over 700 carats.
Sherlock Holmes: Really?
Lady Margaret Carstairs: [to her son] Your father had it cut. Less ostentatious.
Dr. John H. Watson: Less ostentatious? It's as big as a duck's egg.
Sherlock Holmes: 423 carats, isn't it?
Lady Margaret Carstairs: The original diamond was over 700 carats.
Sherlock Holmes: Really?
Lady Margaret Carstairs: [to her son] Your father had it cut. Less ostentatious.
Dr. John H. Watson: Less ostentatious? It's as big as a duck's egg.
Sherlock Holmes:
Thank you, Lady Margaret. We'll be as unobtrusive as possible.
Lady Margaret Carstairs: That would be a novelty from a policeman.
Lady Margaret Carstairs: That would be a novelty from a policeman.
Sherlock Holmes:
The young lady is taking her mother to Scotland for burial.
Inspector Lestrade: In a coffin?
Sherlock Holmes: That is the customary method, I believe.
Inspector Lestrade: In a coffin?
Sherlock Holmes: That is the customary method, I believe.
[Sherlock watches from the train corridor as Prof. Kilbane throws Dr. Watson from his compartment]
Sherlock Holmes: Did you discover anything, Watson?
Dr. John H. Watson: Yes. He's a very suspicious character. He tried to put me off the scent.
Sherlock Holmes: From the little I heard, he seemed reasonably successful.
Sherlock Holmes: Did you discover anything, Watson?
Dr. John H. Watson: Yes. He's a very suspicious character. He tried to put me off the scent.
Sherlock Holmes: From the little I heard, he seemed reasonably successful.
[At Sherlock's suggestion, Watson interrogates a suspect on his own, but the suspect is suspicious of Watson's official standing and turns the inquiry around]
Prof. William Kilbane: Are you a policeman?
Dr. John H. Watson: No.
Prof. William Kilbane: Then, by what right, do you force your way into my compartment?
Dr. John H. Watson: Well, I...
Prof. William Kilbane: What are YOU doing on this train? Where are YOU going?
Dr. John H. Watson: I'm not going anywhere.
See More Quotes from Terror by NightProf. William Kilbane: Are you a policeman?
Dr. John H. Watson: No.
Prof. William Kilbane: Then, by what right, do you force your way into my compartment?
Dr. John H. Watson: Well, I...
Prof. William Kilbane: What are YOU doing on this train? Where are YOU going?
Dr. John H. Watson: I'm not going anywhere.
Terror by Night Facts
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One of several titles in the Sherlock Holmes series whose original copyrights were apparently not renewed and have thereby fallen into public domain; as a result, seriously inferior copies are presently being offered by a number of VHS and DVD dealers who do not have access to original studio masters.
C. Aubrey Smith appeared as an elderly gentlemen sitting on a train platform approximately 49 minutes into the film.
The thirteenth of fourteen films based on Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional consulting detective Sherlock Holmes starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Doctor Watson.