Name: Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
Director: Roy William Neill
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Crime, Romance, Drama
Released: 1943-09-17
Duration: 4080000 s
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Dennis Hoey

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A series of fourteen films based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories was released between 1939 and 1946; the British actors Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce played Holmes and Dr. John Watson, respectively. The first two films in the series were produced by 20th Century Fox and released in 1939. The studio stopped making the films after these, but Universal Pictures acquired the rights from the Doyle estate and produced a further twelve films.  Although the films from 20th Century Fox had large budgets, high production values, and were set in the Victorian era, Universal updated the films to the contemporary era of the Second World War, and produced them as B pictures with lower budgets. Both Rathbone and Bruce continued their roles when the series changed studios, as did Mary Gordon, who played the recurring character, Mrs. Hudson.

Once the fireworks start, though, it's nonstop action and suspense, with a particularly ingenious ending that pits Holmes against the killer's ego.

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.

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