Sherlock Holmes et le train de la mort (1946)
À Londres, une jeune femme, Vivian Vedder, vérifie que le charpentier a terminé le cercueil pour sa mère récemment décédée, qu'elle doit accompagner en Écosse par le train. Elle embarque, en même temps que Lady Margaret Carstairs (propriétaire du célèbre diamant "Star of Rhodesia"), son fils Ronald, Holmes (qui a été embauché pour protéger le diamant), l'inspecteur Lestrade (qui feint de partir pécher dans le Nord mais qui est lui aussi chargé de la sécurité du diamant), Watson et son ami le major Duncan-Bleek. Après le départ du train, Holmes et Watson examinent le diamant de 423 carats en compagnie de Lady Margaret et de Ronald.
Directeur:
Roy William Neill
écrivain:
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 |
| Editing | Saul A. Goodkind | Editor |
| Art | Abraham Grossman | Art Direction |
| Sound | Bernard B. Brown | Sound Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vera West | Costume Design |
| Sound | Milton Rosen | Music Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Carmen Dirigo | Hairstylist |
| Camera | Maury Gertsman | Director of Photography |
| Art | John B. Goodman | Art Direction |
| Production | Howard Benedict | Executive Producer |
| Production | Roy William Neill | Producer |
| Art | Russell A. Gausman | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jack Pierce | Makeup Department Head |
| Art | Carl Lawrence | Set Decoration |
| Writing | Arthur Conan Doyle | Novel |
| Sound | Jack A. Bolger, Jr. | Sound Engineer |
| Directing | Melville Shyer | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Raymond Kessler | Dialogue Coach |