Terror by Night

1946 PG-13 1h 0m

6.6 / 10 150

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6.6/10

150

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Holmes and Watson board a passenger train bound from London to Edinburgh, to guard the Star of Rhodesia, an enormous diamond worth a fortune belonging to an elderly woman of wealth; but within the first hour of the trip, the woman's son is murdered and the diamond stolen and any of the passengers in their car could be the killer thief.

Director Roy William Neill

Writers

Frank Gruber Arthur Conan Doyle

Stars

Basil Rathbone Nigel Bruce Alan Mowbray

Prof. William Kilbane

Mary Forbes

Lady Margaret Carstairs

Skelton Knaggs

Sands - Moran's Accomplice

Billy Bevan

Conductor Taking Tickets

Mrs. Shallcross (uncredited)

Gerald Hamer

Alf Shallcross (uncredited)

Leyland Hodgson

Senior Conductor (uncredited)

Harry Cording

Mock the Undertaker (uncredited)

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Charles Knight

Baggage Car Guard (uncredited)

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Boyd Davis

"Inspector MacDonald" (uncredited)

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Bobby Wissler

Mock Jr. (uncredited)

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Gilbert Allen

Dining Car Steward (uncredited)

C. Aubrey Smith

Elderly gentleman on train station (uncredited)

Mystery Crime Thriller

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Geronimo1967 7 Jul 2022

7/10

A wealthy young aristocrat employs "Holmes" to escort himself and his mother on a train from London to Edinburgh alongside the legendary Star of Rhodesia - a diamond the size of a duck egg. Together with trusty sidekick "Dr. Watson" and "Insp. Lestrade" who is ostensibly off fishing for salmon (it isn't quite the season) they embark on a singularly dangerous train journey. It's got plenty of dud t...