Terror by Night (1946)
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.
Director:
Roy William Neill
Writer:
Frank Gruber
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Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes |
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Nigel Bruce as Dr. John H. Watson |
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Alan Mowbray as Major Duncan-Bleek |
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Dennis Hoey as Inspector Lestrade |
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Renee Godfrey as Vivian Vedder |
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Frederick Worlock as Prof. William Kilbane |
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Mary Forbes as Lady Margaret Carstairs |
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Skelton Knaggs as Sands - Moran's Accomplice |
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Billy Bevan as Conductor Taking Tickets |
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Geoffrey Steele as Roland Carstairs |
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Janet Murdoch as Mrs. Shallcross (uncredited) |
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Gerald Hamer as Alf Shallcross (uncredited) |
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Leyland Hodgson as Senior Conductor (uncredited) |
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Harry Cording as Mock the Undertaker (uncredited) |
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Charles Knight as Baggage Car Guard (uncredited) |
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Boyd Davis as "Inspector MacDonald" (uncredited) |
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Bobby Wissler as Mock Jr. (uncredited) |
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Gilbert Allen as Dining Car Steward (uncredited) |
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C. Aubrey Smith as Elderly gentleman on train station (uncredited) |
| Directing | Roy William Neill | Director |
| Writing | Frank Gruber | Screenplay |
| Sound | Bernard B. Brown | Sound Director |
| Production | Roy William Neill | Producer |
| Art | Carl Lawrence | Set Decoration |
| Editing | Saul A. Goodkind | Editor |
| Camera | Maury Gertsman | Director of Photography |
| Art | John B. Goodman | Art Direction |
| Production | Howard Benedict | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jack Pierce | Makeup Department Head |
| Sound | Milton Rosen | Music Director |
| Art | Abraham Grossman | Art Direction |
| Art | Russell A. Gausman | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vera West | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Carmen Dirigo | Hairstylist |
| Writing | Arthur Conan Doyle | Novel |
| Crew | Raymond Kessler | Dialogue Coach |
| Directing | Melville Shyer | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Jack A. Bolger, Jr. | Sound Engineer |