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.

Becky Sharp

1935

English

5.8

♡ 10

40%

Rouben Mamoulian Director

Pat Nixon as Ballroom Dance Extra

Nigel Bruce as Joseph Sedley

Alan Mowbray as Rawdon Crawley

Leonard Mudie as Tarquin

In early 19th century England, ambitious and ruthless orphan Rebecca Sharp advances from the position of governess to the heights of British society. The first feature length film to use three-strip Technicolor.

Lassie Come Home

1943

English

7.1

♡ 10

94%

human animal relationship

scotland

yorkshire

Fred M. Wilcox Director

Ben Webster as Dan'l Fadden

Nigel Bruce as Duke of Rudling

Roddy McDowall as Joe Carraclough

Edmund Gwenn as Rowlie

Hard times come for the Carraclough family and they are forced to sell their dog, Lassie, to the rich Duke of Rudling. Lassie, however, is unwilling to remain apart from young Carraclough son Joe and sets out on a long and dangerous journey to rejoin him.

The Chocolate Soldier

1941

English

6.0

♡ 3

25%

Roy Del Ruth Director

Nigel Bruce as Bernard Fischer Terry

Terry as Dog

Nydia Westman as Liesel - Maid

Risë Stevens as Maria Lanyi

Maria and Karl Lang are the singing duo of Vienna. Maria is very flirtatious and Karl very jealous. Karl decides to masquerade as a Russian guardsman and attempts to make Maria flirt with him - to test her loyalty to him - as the Russian, Karl makes a vigorous attempt to seduce Maria. For a moment she accepts then rejects. Karl is left in turmoil...

Suez

1938

English

6.6

♡ 3

56%

Allan Dwan Director

Leonard Mudie as Campaign Manager

Sidney Blackmer as Marquis Du Brey

Nigel Bruce as Sir Malcolm Cameron

Annabella as Toni Pellerin

Ferdinand de Lesseps, disappointed in love, is sent as a junior diplomat to the Isthmus of Suez, and realizes it's just the place for a canal.

Gypsy Wildcat

1944

English

5.8

♡ 3

Roy William Neill Director

Douglass Dumbrille as Baron Tovar

Maria Montez as Carla

Edgar Dearing as Fat Guard

Nigel Bruce as High Sheriff

In an unspecified Renaissance kingdom, no sooner has Anube's gypsy tribe encamped near Baron Tovar's village when Count Orso is found murdered. The wicked baron blames the gypsies and imprisons them all in his castle. Meanwhile, a mysterious stranger on a white horse has hidden the murder arrow and won the heart of gypsy belle Carla, to the discomfiture of her erstwhile fiancée Tonio. Baron Tovar is also fascinated by Carla...especially when he notices her heraldic pendant.

The Pearl of Death

1944

English

7.1

♡ 9

77%

Roy William Neill Director

Ian Wolfe as Amos Hodder

Nigel Bruce as Doctor Watson

Evelyn Ankers as Naomi Drake

Colin Kenny as Security Guard

The famous Borgia Pearl, a valuable gem with a history of bringing murder and misfortune to its owner since the days of the Borgias, is brought to London, thanks in part to Sherlock Holmes. But before long the jewel is stolen, due to an error on Holmes' part, and shortly thereafter, a series of horrible murders begin, the murderer leaving his victims with their spines snapped and surrounded by a mass of smashed china.

The House of Fear

1945

English

7.2

♡ 13

Roy William Neill Director

Nigel Bruce as Doctor Watson

Harry Cording as John Simpson

Richard Alexander as Ralph King

Cyril Delevanti as Stanley Raeburn

The Good Comrades are a collection of varied gentlemen who crave one thing - solitude. They reside at Drearcliff House, ancestral home of their eldest member. All seems serene and convivial until one by one the members begin to perish in the most grisly of manners. Foul play is suspected by the Good Comrades' insurance agent, who turns to Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson for guidance.

The Scarlet Claw

1944

English

7.2

♡ 11

73%

Roy William Neill Director

Nigel Bruce as Doctor Watson

Ian Wolfe as Drake

Jack Kenny as Villager in Pub

Frank Austin as Villager in Pub with Dr. Watson

When a woman is found dead with her throat torn out, the local villagers blame a supernatural monster. But Sherlock Holmes, who gets drawn into the case from nearby Quebec, suspects a human murderer.

The Spider Woman

1943

English

7.0

♡ 10

Roy William Neill Director

Donald Stuart as Artie - Shooting Gallery Attendant

Ethelreda Leopold as Casino Patron

Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson

Gene Roth as Henchman Taylor

Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of so-called "pajama suicides". He knows the female villain behind them is as cunning as Moriarty and as venomous as a spider. Based on "The Sign of Four" and the short stories "The Dying Detective", "The Final Problem", "The Speckled Band" and "The Adventure of the Devil's Foot".

Dressed to Kill

1946

English

6.8

♡ 9

83%

Roy William Neill Director

Marjorie Bennett as Antique Shop Assistant

Charlie Hall as Cab Driver

Ian Wolfe as Commissioner of Scotland Yard

Nigel Bruce as Doctor Watson

A convicted thief in Dartmoor prison hides the location of the stolen Bank of England printing plates inside three music boxes. When the innocent purchasers of the boxes start to be murdered, Holmes and Watson investigate.

Terror by Night

1946

English

6.7

♡ 7

75%

Roy William Neill Director

Colin Kenny as Constable

Nigel Bruce as Dr. John H. Watson

Alan Mowbray as Maj. Duncan-Bleek

Skelton Knaggs as Sands

Holmes and Watson board a passenger train bound from London to Edinburgh, to guard the Star of Rhodesia, an enormous diamond worth a fortune belonging to an elderly woman of wealth; but within the first hour of the trip, the woman's son is murdered and the diamond stolen and any of the passengers in their car could be the killer thief.

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.

The Hound of the Baskervilles

1939

English

7.4

♡ 13

91%

83%

Action

based on novel or book

Sidney Lanfield Director

John Carradine as Barryman

Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson

Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes

Herschel Graham as Ship Passenger

When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

1939

English

7.2

♡ 12

80%

Alfred L. Werker Director

Ida Lupino as Ann Brandon

Leonard Mudie as Barrows - Moriarty's Attorney

Keith Hitchcock as Constable

Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson

Having once again avoided criminal conviction, Professor Moriarity develops a murderous plan to “finish off” his last major nemesis, Sherlock Holmes, by making him fail to prevent the perfect crime. Does it involve a family curse, the crown jewels of England, or something else…

The Charge of the Light Brigade

1936

English

7.0

♡ 9

67%

historically inaccurate

marriage engagement

Romance

War

Michael Curtiz Director

Donald Crisp as Col. Campbell

Errol Flynn as Maj. Geoffrey Vickers

Martin Garralaga as Panjari

Nigel Bruce as Sir Benjamin Warrenton

In 1853, as the British and Russian empires compete to gain and maintain their place in the dreadful Great Game of political intrigues and alliances whose greatest prize is the domination of India and the border territories, Major Geoffrey Vickers must endure several betrayals and misfortunes before he can achieve his revenge at the Balaclava Heights, on October 25, 1854, the most glorious day of the Crimean War.

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney

1937

English

6.4

♡ 5

50%

Dorothy Arzner Director

William Powell as Charles

Robert Montgomery as Lord Arthur Dilling

Melville Cooper as William

Nigel Bruce as Willie Wynton

A chic American jewel thief falls in love with one of her marks, an English lord.

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

1942

English

6.5

♡ 11

52%

Roy William Neill Director

Nigel Bruce as Doctor Watson

Harry Cording as Jack Brady

Colin Kenny as Scotland Yard Detective

Paul Bryar as Swiss Waiter

In the midst of World War II, Sherlock Holmes rescues the Swiss inventor of a new bomb-sight from the Gestapo and brings him to England, where he quickly falls into the clutches of the evil Professor Moriarty.

Pursuit to Algiers

1945

English

6.7

♡ 8

60%

Roy William Neill Director

Nigel Bruce as Dr. John H. Watson

John Abbott as Jodri

Martin Kosleck as Mirko

Gordon Jackson as Steward

After the King of Rovenia has been assassinated, Holmes and Watson are engaged to escort his son to Europe via Algiers, aboard a transatlantic ocean liner which also carries a number of suspicious persons, any of whom may be involved in a plot to also assassinate him.

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Sherlock Holmes Faces Death

Becky Sharp

Lassie Come Home

The Chocolate Soldier

Suez

Gypsy Wildcat

The Pearl of Death

The House of Fear

The Scarlet Claw

The Spider Woman

Dressed to Kill

Terror by Night

The Woman in Green

The Hound of the Baskervilles

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

The Charge of the Light Brigade

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

Pursuit to Algiers