![]() It’s intriguing how the film reveals him to be the culprit before Holmes and Watson deduce themselves.ĭennis Hoey makes a return as Inspector Lestrade in the film. Even Holmes smirked away whilst Lestrade was annoyed.Īlan Mowbray stars as Major Duncan-Bleek who is later revealed to be Sebastian Moran. Thankfully Holmes was able to get back inside the train and return to Watson inside a compartment.īy the way, I found it funny when Watson suspected an old married couple to be the culprits and it turns out all they had stolen was a teapot. I wish Watson was there to rescue Holmes when he’d been attacked by Sands the street criminal. Watson manages to stop the villain by the film’s end. Watson makes early assumptions to Holmes about who the killer/thief is without suspecting that it could be his oldest friend Major Duncan-Bleek. His questioning of a certain passenger doesn’t go quite to plan. ![]() His heart’s in the right place, especially when he’s willing to help solve the murder investigation. He’s even good to suspect fake Scottish policemen. Holmes covers all angles involved in this case when boarding the train. It’s a shame that he couldn’t prevent the death of Lady Carstairs’ son. I wasn’t very sure whether the diamond Sherlock stole was real or not when watching the film itself. It was a surprise that Sherlock Holmes kept switching the diamond around to confuse the killer/thief. I like how he often plans ahead as far as keeping the diamond secure and exposing the killer is concerned. □īasil Rathbone once again delivers a sensational performance as Sherlock Holmes in the film. The master detective must use all of his powers of deduction in order to recover the jewel and to expose the murderer. Lady Carstairs’ son gets murdered in the film and the jewel is stolen en-route. However, complications do occur on the journey. In the film, Sherlock Holmes is hired by Lady Carstairs and her son to protect a priceless and famous diamond aboard the London to Edinburgh Express. It’s interesting as to what seems to be similar and different in terms of adaptations from the original ‘Sherlock Holmes’ stories. There are also elements of ‘The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax’. However, minor plot aspects of ‘The Adventure of the Empty House’ and ‘The Sign of Four’ are used. ![]() The film’s plot is mostly an original story not directly based on any of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s works. It could be more or less on par with Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘The Lady Vanishes’ film from 1938. In my opinion, the train mystery featured in the film is better than ‘Murder on the Orient Express’. It involves a diamond theft aboard a train. ‘Terror by Night’ is the thirteenth and penultimate film in the ‘Sherlock Holmes’ film series, starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Please feel free to comment on my review.ĭiamond Theft aboard a Train with Basil’s Sherlock Holmes and Nigel’s Dr. ![]()
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