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.

Jane Eyre

1943

English

7.4

♡ 17

Action

based on novel or book

Robert Stevenson Director

Hillary Brooke as Blanche Ingraham

Joan Fontaine as Jane Eyre

John Abbott as Mason

Agnes Moorehead as Mrs. Reed

After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meet the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Mr. Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Mr. Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever?

The Maze

1953

English

5.8

♡ 6

26%

Action

based on novel or book

William Cameron Menzies Director

Richard Carlson as Gerald MacTeam

Lilian Bond as Margaret Dilling

Hillary Brooke as Peggy Lord

Michael Pate as William

A Scotsman abruptly breaks off his engagement to pretty Kitty and moves to his uncle's castle in the Scottish highlands. Kitty and her aunt follow Gerald a few weeks later, and discover he has suddenly aged. Some mysterious things happen in a maze made from the hedges adjoining the castle.

Maisie Was a Lady

1941

English

6.7

♡ 3

Comedy

Drama

maisie ravier

Edwin L. Marin Director

Margaret Bert as Boy's Mother at Carnival

Hillary Brooke as House Guest

Billy Curtis as Midget

Edgar Dearing as Motorcycle Policeman

Showgirl Maisie Ravier finds herself once again out of work. She meets a wealthy playboy who hires her to be his family's new maid. Maisie soon finds herself trying to mend the family's many problems.

Wake Island

1942

English

6.6

♡ 4

89%

John Farrow Director

Edward Earle as Commander

Hillary Brooke as Girl at the Inn

Frank Faylen as Marine Finding Skipper's Litter

Dane Clark as 'Sparks'

In late 1941, with no hope of relief or re-supply, a small band of United States Marines tries to keep the Japanese Navy from capturing their island base.

Ministry of Fear

1944

English

7.1

♡ 5

85%

Fritz Lang Director

Dan Duryea as Cost / Travers the Tailor

Mary Field as Martha Penteel

Hillary Brooke as Mrs. Bellane #2

Ray Milland as Stephen Neale

Stephen Neale is released into WWII England after two years in an asylum, but it doesn't seem so sane outside either. On his way back to London to rejoin civilization, he stumbles across a murderous spy ring and doesn't quite know to whom to turn.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1941

English

6.8

♡ 11

58%

Victor Fleming Director

Ingrid Bergman as Ivy Peterson

Hillary Brooke as Mrs. Arnold

Forrester Harvey as Old Prouty

Barton MacLane as Sam Higgins

Dr. Jekyll believes good and evil exist in everyone and creates a potion that allows his evil side, Mr. Hyde, to come to the fore. He faces horrible consequences when he lets his dark side run amok.

Road to Utopia

1945

English

7.1

♡ 9

100%

Hal Walker Director

Douglass Dumbrille as Ace Larson

Hillary Brooke as Kate

Nestor Paiva as McGurk

Paul Newlan as Tough Ship's Purser

While on a ship to Skagway, Alaska, Duke and Chester find a map to a secret gold mine, which had been 'stolen' by thugs. In Alaska to recover her father's map, Sal Van Hoyden falls in with Ace Larson, who secretly wants to steal the gold mine for himself. Duke, Chester, the thugs, Ace and his henchman chase each other all over the countryside—for the map.

Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror

1942

English

6.4

♡ 6

53%

John Rawlins Director

Donald Stuart as Grady - Basement Dive Doorkeeper

Hillary Brooke as Jill Grandis - Driver

Thomas Gomez as Meade

Edgar Barrier as Voice of Terror

England, at the start of World War Two. Mysterious wireless broadcasts, apparently from Nazi Germany are heard over the BBC. They warn of acts of terror in England, just before they take place. Baffled, the Defense Committee call in Sherlock Holmes.

The Woman in Green

1945

English

6.6

♡ 8

100%

Roy William Neill Director

Fred Aldrich as Detective

Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson

Hillary Brooke as Lydia Marlow

Henry Daniell as Prof. Moriarty

Sherlock Holmes investigates when young women around London turn up murdered, each with a finger severed. Scotland Yard suspects a madman, but Holmes believes the killings to be part of a diabolical plot.

Heat Wave

1954

English

6.0

♡ 4

18%

Ken Hughes Director

Hillary Brooke as Carol Forrest

Peter Illing as Harry Stevens

Alan Wheatley as Inspector MacLennan

Aileen Lewis as Party Guest

Sensuous and desirable, Carol Forrest has always attracted the attention of men. Expert in the art of manipulation and control she married an older man, loving only his vast wealth and continued to amuse herself with indiscreet affairs. But when neighbour Mark Kendrick lets slip that her husband intends cutting her out of his will Carol concentrates all her attentions on the unsuspecting Kendrick, obtaining his help to dispose of this irritating obstacle.

The Philadelphia Story

1940

English

7.8

♡ 28

100%

philadelphia, pennsylvania

George Cukor Director

Joseph Sweeney as Butler

Virginia Weidler as Dinah Lord

Ruth Hussey as Elizabeth Imbrie

Hillary Brooke as Main Line Society Woman

When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.

Africa Screams

1949

English

6.0

♡ 8

60%

Charles Barton Director

Bud Abbott as Buzz Johnson

Hillary Brooke as Diana Emerson

Max Baer as Grappler McCoy

Bill Walker as Interpreter

When bookseller Buzz cons Diana into thinking that his friend Stanley knows all there is to know about Africa, they are abducted and ordered to lead Diana and her henchmen to an African tribe in search of a fortune in jewels.

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Sherlock Holmes Faces Death

Jane Eyre

The Maze

Maisie Was a Lady

Wake Island

Ministry of Fear

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Road to Utopia

Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror

The Woman in Green

Heat Wave

The Philadelphia Story

Africa Screams