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Film Quotes by Basil Rathbone

70 quotes
The Woman in Green
Year: 1945

Director:
Roy William Neill
Sherlock Holmes: I smell the faint sweet odor of blackmail!
-- Basil Rathbone (as Sherlock Holmes) in The Woman in Green (1945)
The Spider Woman
Year: 1944

Director:
Roy William Neill
Sherlock Holmes: I'm sorry, Watson. The pleasures of the chase are no longer for me. I'm through with crime forever.
-- Basil Rathbone (as Sherlock Holmes) in The Spider Woman (1944)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Year: 1939

Director:
Alfred L. Werker
Sherlock Holmes: I've decided to accept your case, Miss Brandon. I shall help you all I can.
Ann Brandon: Oh, Thank you.
Jerrold Hunter: We don't want your interference, Mr. Holmes.
Sherlock Holmes: I interfere whenever and wherever I like, Mr. Hunter.
-- Basil Rathbone (as Sherlock Holmes) in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
The House of Fear
Year: 1945

Director:
Roy William Neill
Sherlock Holmes: Murder is an insidious thing. Once a man has dipped his fingers in blood, sooner or later he'll feel the urge to kill again.
-- Basil Rathbone (as Sherlock Holmes) in The House of Fear (1945)
Pursuit to Algiers
Year: 1945

Director:
Roy William Neill
Sherlock Holmes: My dear Nikolas, perhaps you don't realize that it's tea that has made the British Empire and Dr. Watson what they are today.
-- Basil Rathbone (as Sherlock Holmes) in Pursuit to Algiers (1945)
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
Year: 1943

Director:
Roy William Neill
Sherlock Holmes: Not your child, Watson!
-- Basil Rathbone (as Sherlock Holmes) in Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)
Pursuit to Algiers
Year: 1945

Director:
Roy William Neill
Sherlock Holmes: Poison is a woman's weapon.
-- Basil Rathbone (as Sherlock Holmes) in Pursuit to Algiers (1945)
The Scarlet Claw
Year: 1944

Director:
Roy William Neill
Sherlock Holmes: Poor, innocent little child. I should have prevented this!
-- Basil Rathbone (as Sherlock Holmes) in The Scarlet Claw (1944)
The Scarlet Claw
Year: 1944

Director:
Roy William Neill
Sherlock Holmes: Ramson has undoubtedly established another character for himself - perhaps several others - by now familiar to the people of La Morte Rouge and quite above suspicion. He could be almost anyone...
-- Basil Rathbone (as Sherlock Holmes) in The Scarlet Claw (1944)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Year: 1939

Director:
Alfred L. Werker
Sherlock Holmes: The nose of the police dog, although long and efficient, points in only one direction at a time.
-- Basil Rathbone (as Sherlock Holmes) in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)