Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) Collection
Né le 1946-05-24
A series of fourteen films based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories was released between 1939 and 1946; the British actors Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce played Holmes and Dr. John Watson, respectively. The first two films in the series were produced by 20th Century Fox and released in 1939. The studio stopped making the films after these, but Universal Pictures acquired the rights from the Doyle estate and produced a further twelve films. Although the films from 20th Century Fox had large budgets, high production values, and were set in the Victorian era, Universal updated the films to the contemporary era of the Second World War, and produced them as B pictures with lower budgets. Both Rathbone and Bruce continued their roles when the series changed studios, as did Mary Gordon, who played the recurring character, Mrs. Hudson.
2 Film de Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) Collection
À Londres, une jeune femme, Vivian Vedder, vérifie que le charpentier a terminé le cercueil pour sa mère récemment décédée, qu'elle doit accompagner en Écosse par le train. Elle embarque, en même temps que Lady Margaret Carstairs (propriétaire du célèbre diamant "Star of Rhodesia"), son fils Ronald, Holmes (qui a été embauché pour protéger le diamant), l'inspecteur Lestrade (qui feint de partir pécher dans le Nord mais qui est lui aussi chargé de la sécurité du diamant), Watson et son ami le major Duncan-Bleek. Après le départ du train, Holmes et Watson examinent le diamant de 423 carats en compagnie de Lady Margaret et de Ronald.
