Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death

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During WWII several murders occur at a convalescent home where Dr. Watson has volunteered his services. He summons Holmes for help and the master detective proceeds to solve the crime from a long list of suspects including the owners of the home, the staff and the patients recovering there.... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Sherlock Holmes Faces Death:

Basil Rathbone
Nigel Bruce
Dennis Hoey
Hillary Brooke
Mary Gordon
Halliwell Hobbes

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During WWII several murders occur at a convalescent home where Dr. Watson has volunteered his services. He summons Holmes for help and the master detective proceeds to solve the crime from a long list of suspects including the owners of the home, the staff and the patients recovering there.

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Goatdog's Movies - 6/10 by Michael W. Phillips, Jr.Once the fireworks start, though, it's nonstop action and suspense, with a particularly ingenious ending that pits Holmes against the killer's ego.
User Review - 10/10 by Brian RWell, doesn't he always? It's not as if Moriarty ever captures Holmes and says: "Holmes (pronounced Hallmes), you've foiled my plans once too often. I'm going to teach you a lesson, by damme. I'm going to take you back to 221B Baker Street, take your pants down and smack your bottom in front of Mrs Hudson." ...Leaving this nonsense aside, this is a quite brilliant entry in the Rathbone & Bruce canon, beautifully restored by UCLA and based on an original AC-D story: "The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual". As you'd expect with such source material, it's a gripping yarn which has been brilliantly translated to the screen, concerning a raven which croaks the word "blood", a church clock that strikes thirteen on the eve of murders, a sozzled butler, and a convalescent home filled with ex-soldiers acting very strangely. The scene where all of the suspects become chess pieces and play out the moves encoded within The Musgrave Ritual is a mini-masterpiece of dramatic tension. Very good acting throughout by everybody too but Rathbone particularly is on fire. And, praise be to Allah, his hair is back to normal in this one, after the bizarre coiffuring of the previous three films.
User Review - 10/10 by Louise BGreat Homes movie. I love the chess scene! The story was really cool and intriguing like all Holmes movies. This is my favorite of the WWII ones the others were not so great. Just the right amount of suspense and fun!
User Review - 8/10 by CJ CA fabulous spooky murder mystery with Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes to the rescue.
User Review - 8/10 by Brian MThis might be the only WWII installment that doesn't include wartime propaganda (save for the end speech perhaps). At least the antagonists aren't Nazis this time. Here we have more of a whodunit full of red herrings. It starts out like a haunted house story, but it strays away from that. The soldiers are fun characters, and Bruce, yet again, is there for comic relief. Nice ending as well. Based loosely on "The Musgrave Ritual." Note: Future Rat Packer Peter Lawford appears uncredited in the beginning of the film as a sailor in the bar.
User Review - 8/10 by Steve GI love the brilliance Holmes conveys in trapping the murderer. But what was that socialist tirade at the end?
User Review - 8/10 by Scott WAnother enjoyable entry in the Rathbone/Bruce series, perhaps only slightly let down by the overt allusions to WW II and in particular Nazi and Japanese atrocities. Rathbone's little propoganda speech is understandable for the time, but a little out of place today. This is another creepy old house, murder mystery and although the villain is a fairly easy guess this time its a fun tale and the usual cast are as wonderful as ever. Halliwell Hobbes is good as a sinister, drunkard butler.
User Review - 8/10 by Jason POne of my favorites in the series. I love it when there's a little gothic flavor to the episode. Also, some great one-liners and clever, snappy dialogue throughout. Perhaps Holmes best entrance thus far: lying on the floor shhoting holes in the plaster. Also like how (finally) a war-era Holmes film downplayed the war without excluding it altogether (which would be unpatriotic, of course) by incorporating convalescent veterans as supporting characters. Well done.
User Review - 8/10 by Tom HThough sometimes totally outlandish and farfetched, this still was an entertaining SH vehicle. Sherlock is sent to a home for the mentally infirm (a very comfortable one, and one with men of laughably light ailments) Rathbone is great as Holmes as usual, and Rathbone is still quite amusing as the quite hopeless Watson. The plot again, is just a tad ridiculous, but still one of the better Holmes in the series (which are all grand),
User Review - 8/10 by Andy FFiercly entertaining entry in the series slotted in among the weaker contemporary war stories. This is pure Holmes hokum with all of the best clichés on show and the best atmosphere the series had conjured up since Baskervilles.

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