Terror by Night
“One way ticket to DEATH..!”
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.
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Part of Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) Collection
14 films
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Movie · 1939
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Movie · 1939
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
Movie · 1942
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
Movie · 1942
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
Movie · 1943
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
Movie · 1943
The Spider Woman
Movie · 1943
The Scarlet Claw
Movie · 1944
The Pearl of Death
Movie · 1944
The House of Fear
Movie · 1945
The Woman in Green
Movie · 1945
Pursuit to Algiers
Movie · 1945
Terror by Night
Movie · 1946
Dressed to Kill
Movie · 1946
Cast
19 people
Basil Rathbone
Sherlock Holmes
Known for
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Nigel Bruce
Dr. John H. Watson
Known for
Rebecca
Suspicion
Alan Mowbray
Major Duncan-Bleek
Known for
The Man Who Knew Too Much
My Man Godfrey
Dennis Hoey
Inspector Lestrade
Known for
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
She-Wolf of London
Renee Godfrey
Vivian Vedder
Known for
Inherit the Wind
Frederick Worlock
Prof. William Kilbane
Known for
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
How Green Was My Valley
Mary Forbes
Lady Margaret Carstairs
Known for
The Awful Truth
You Can't Take It with You
Skelton Knaggs
Sands - Moran's Accomplice
Known for
House of Dracula
The Ghost Ship
Billy Bevan
Conductor Taking Tickets
Known for
Dracula's Daughter
The Lost Patrol
Geoffrey Steele
Roland Carstairs
Also in
Superman III
Confidential Agent
Janet Murdoch
Mrs. Shallcross (uncredited)
Also in
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
Kidnapped
Gerald Hamer
Alf Shallcross (uncredited)
Also in
Angel
Bulldog Drummond's Bride
Roy William Neill Director · Frank Gruber Screenplay Arthur Conan Doyle Author
United States release February 1, 1946 · Produced in United States
Production
Universal Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · February 1, 1946
Theatrical
Germany
March 20, 1959 · Theatrical
Russia
July 9, 2004 · TV · 1 Channel (TV) Russian
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