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Dressed to Kill [Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Code] **** (1946, Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Patricia Morison, Edmond Breon, Carl Harbord) – Classic Movie Review 985

All good things must come to an end, but the 1946 mystery film Dressed to Kill finds Basil Rathbone’s Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce’s Dr Watson going out in style in the last of their […]

Mar, 25

The Woman in Green *** (1945, Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Hillary Brooke, Henry Daniell, Paul Cavanagh, Matthew Boulton) – Classic Movie Review 984

The spirited 1945 Sherlock Holmes mystery film The Woman in Green is a screen original story by Bertram Millhauser. Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce again show real class as Holmes and Dr Watson. Henry Daniell […]

Mar, 25

Pursuit to Algiers *** (1945, Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Martin Kosleck, Marjorie Riordan, Rosalind Ivan, John Abbott) – Classic Movie Review 983

Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) and Dr Watson (Nigel Bruce) are recruited to ensure a future king gets safely back from America to his homeland after his father’s assassination. But killers are also aboard their ocean […]

Mar, 25

Suspicion ***** (1941, Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Cedric Hardwicke, Nigel Bruce, Dame May Whitty, Isabel Jeans, Leo G Carroll) – Classic Movie Review 441

Alfred Hitchcock’s richly enjoyable and likeable 1941 thriller Suspicion (1941) is a sweaty exercise in anxiety. Both stars Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine are at the peak of their career, powers and attraction. In the […]

Nov, 23

The Hound of the Baskervilles **** (1939, Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Richard Greene, Wendy Barrie, John Carradine) – Classic Film Review 314

Memorable as the first appearance of Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce as Holmes and Watson, the 1939 The Hound of the Baskervilles is a delightful vintage mystery treat. It is the first of their 14 […]

Oct, 23

Rebecca ***** (1940, Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders) – Classic Movie Review 72

Based on Daphne du Maurier’s famed novel, Hitchcock’s atypical romantic melodrama from 1940 is the middle film of a trio Hitch adapted from the author’s work between Jamaica Inn and The Birds. It spins the […]

Jul, 20

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