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Sherlock Holmes Faces Death is the sixth film in the Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce series of Sherlock Holmes films. [1] Made in 1943, it is a loose adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's 1893 Holmes short story "The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual". [2]
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death is the first film in the Universal Sherlock Holmes series (1942 -1946) to abandon the idea of Sherlock Holmes as a prototypical 007 spy-hunter, battling Nazi agents and keeping Britain safe from the Axis powers.
The sixth in a series of fourteen films to star Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce as the Twentieth Century's most iconic iteration of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Wa...
Roy William Neill's mystery drama Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943) is very fun as Sherlock Holmes must uncover a murderer among mental patients in the Musgraves' old money family manor.
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The sixth film in the Sherlock Holmes series starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, "Sherlock Holmes Faces Death" is an entertaining and intriguing mystery. Sherlock Holmes Faces Death is based on the Arthur Conan Doyle story "The Musgrave Ritual."
When the owner of the manor Dr. Sexton is attacked and wounded by an unknown assailant, Watson summons Sherlock Holmes to the house to detect who the culprit is, and as soon as they arrive another dead body turns up.
Overview. 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. Roy William Neill. Director. Bertram Millhauser.
Universal put Holmes and Watson into all kinds of situations not originally dreamt up by Sr. Arthur Conan Doyle, including bringing them forward into the modern age to fight Nazis, and later, enemy agents in Washington D.C. Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943), adapted for the screen by Bertram Millhauser from the Doyle story The Musgrave Ritual ...
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death is the sixth film in the Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce series of Sherlock Holmes films. Made in 1943, it is a loose adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's 1893 Holmes short story "The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual". Its three immediate predecessors in the film series were World War II spy adventures with Holmes and Dr. Watson helping the Allies thwart enemy agents ...
Jul 17, 2021 · Sherlock Holmes Faces Death. by. Roy William Neill. Publication date. 1943. Topics. Roy William Neill, Basil Rathbone, Sherlock Holmes, Universal Pictures, crime, mystery, romance. Language. English. Item Size. 5.0G. During WWII several murders occur at a convalescent home where Dr. Watson has volunteered his services.
