The film s plot is a mostly original story not directly based on any of arthur conan doyle s holmes tales, but it uses minor plot elements of the adventure of the empty house, the disappearance of lady frances carfax, and the sign of four. Not just from horror films, but from such thrillers as. A series of fourteen usproduced films based on sir arthur conan doyles. The other notable aspect of the terror, aside from the presence of karloff and cormans hurried cheapness, is the film being one of nicholsons earliest acting roles as a leading man. The calgary underground film festival is back with an allnight horror movie marathon the saturday before halloween. All is well until the group members start getting picked off by a cunning, tactical, malevolent, killer in the woods. Sherlock holmes terror by night 1946 when the fabled star of rhodesia diamond is stolen on a london to edinburgh train and the son of its owner is murdered, sherlock holmes must discover. Sherlock holmes terror by night 1946 thriller youtube. Still six years shy of his bigbreak performance in easy rider, the threetime oscarwinning icon was at this time a struggling bmovie actor and made it. Attacks often involve feelings of intense fear, terror, bliss, joy, anger, and feelings of dying or imminent death.
The story revolves around the theft of a famous diamond aboard a train. Holmes is hired by roland carstairs to prevent the theft of the star of rhodesia, an enormous diamond owned by carstairs mother, lady margaret. The film was in production for five years and chronicles the haunted attraction businesses of phil granger and matt kemp. The challenge of making every aspect of the show black and white was worth it. Family man gene courtier makes the mistake of picking up a hitchhiker, victor gosset, a wanted criminal. Basil rathbone in terror by night 1946 terror by night 1946. Night of the living dead was a fun and challenging play to produce. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. He worked for another decade as an uncredited orchestrator on such big budget films as land of the pharaohs 1955, the ten commandments 1956, giant 1956, and gunfight at the o. The last film in the sherlock holmes series, dressed to kill, was subpar but certainly not bad.
In some prints, scenes are repeated at the conclusion to illustrate holmes explanation scene. The terror, restored from original 35mm elements, was released april 26, 2011 from film chest and hd cinema classics. Ginger and i have gotten into the habit of having our date night and dinner together while watching sherlock holmes. Sherlock holmes 1939 film series baker street wiki fandom. Lestrade and holmes question miss vedder again, and she admits that she was paid to take the coffin aboard the train. Terror by night is a 1946 crime drama film noir directed by roy william neill and starring basil rathbone and nigel bruce. Screamer haunted house documentary film halloween attraction. Jun 12, 2014 sherlock holmes works to solve a murder. Terror in the night carried me back into the earlier life of a man who later became my student. Walt disney television produced the tv film tower of terror, starring steven guttenberg and kirsten dunst. The restoration process was completed in 2001, and the films were all released in a.
Please email us your secured screener link, trailer and poster if available to. Believing the diamond will be stolen on a train trip from london to edinburgh, holmes deftly switches diamonds with lady margaret while in her compartment. In addition to her usual tasks on the night holds terror, virginia stone also composed a song for it, every now and then. On saturday night usually once every several weeks, we decided to watch the adventures of the consulting detective. It is one of four films in the series in the public domain. The gang go to the grand reopening of grimsley mansion, where the living black knight armour and hidden treasure await. Published on jul 1, 2012 terror by night is a 1946 sherlock holmes mystery film. This was the last original film score written by composer lucien cailliet. One of the later movies in the sherlock holmes series, in this one the sleuth is. Night terror wasteland 2 official wasteland 3 wiki. With basil rathbone, nigel bruce, alan mowbray, dennis hoey.
One of the later movies in the sherlock holmes series, in this one the sleuth is dodging death as he tries to solve the murder of the owner of a priceless diamond. It takes place in real time, so youre right there as she nervously fills her tank while keeping an eye for headlights that appear in the darkness. Tower of terror full lobby music loop fixed audio version. 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.
Afi silver theatre and cultural center american film institute. The sacrilege of hollywood history provides the backdrop to terror night. By activating, you agree that you want to enable cloud technology to access your xfinity stream subscription on additional supported devices like computers and tablets, as well as the tv connected to your settop dvr via comcasts network. It is presented in widescreen with an aspect ratio of 16 x 9 and 5. A fugitive killer joe penny posing as a policeman arrests two campers justine bateman, matt mulhern in the arizona mountains. Join us at globe cinema on october 27 for 12 hours of movies, contests and surprises 7 movies from 7 pm until 7 am the next morning.
Terror by night 1946 roy william neill, frank strayer. The cast outdo themselves as usual, with basil rathbone providing the central role as only he can. Jun 16, 2015 and thats mainly because, instead of being three original tales shot for this compilation, night train is made up of three totally separate films in varying states of completion and release. I had known about his earlier life in sketchy outlines, but this 20 year old book by master reporter jack nelson drew me back into the late sixties when i myself was a seminary student and traveled with fellow students to atlanta to the funeral of the larger than life figure of martin luther king jr. Gosset and his accomplices, robert batsford and luther logan, take courtier and his family captive in their home at gunpoint. At t hrt znt uzzl gm wth trtg lmnt, th d bng t mlh th lvl mn nd bnu btv thugh ull rbbl nd u trng t nft vrn nd l fw. A group of rangers go camping on unfamiliar forest grounds. Terror by night is a 1946 sherlock holmes crime drama directed by roy william neill and starring basil rathbone and nigel bruce. Benedict, roy william neill, arthur conan doyle, frank gruber. Film makers, performers, genre authorities and selected highprofile fans count down the most chilling moments in cinematic history. Aip got even more mileage out of the raven set when clips from the karloffnicholson scenes of the terror ended up four years later in peter bogdanovichs targets as the film being shown at a.
Knight time terror, is a television special, based on the first wave of the lego scoobydoo. With mitzi kapture, nick mancuso, rick roberts, martha macisaac. 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. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. William kilbane as frederic worlock lady margaret carstairs. The private files they amassed of more than 15,000 case histories became the source material for many of their films of the 1950s.
The individual believes that they have awoken and that the episode is over, only to discover that they are still in fact asleep. During wwii several murders occur at a convalescent home where dr. A bonding family weekend turns sinister in a storm. Pursuit to algiers, terror by night, and dressed to kill. During the first world war, the royal navy developed several classes of ships which were designed to give close support to troops ashore through the use of naval bombardment.
When the fabled star of rhodesia diamond is stolen on a london to edinburgh train and the son of its owner is murdered, sherlock holmes must discover which of his suspicious fellow passengers is responsible. A fugitive killer joe penny posing as a policeman arrests two. With john friedrich, adrian zmed, ernest harden jr. Termed monitors, they owed little to the monitors of the 19th century, though they shared the characteristics of poor seaworthiness, shallow draught and heavy armament in turrets. Following completion, the film reentered production and post production one year later to document a new tragic event for fright night productions. Oct 08, 2014 the film builds tension as the night progresses, my favorite scene finds our heroine scrambling to find keys so she can unlock the gas pump. Through the perspective of shariff, a 63yearold black revolutionary. When the fabled star of rhodesia diamond is stolen on a london to edinburgh train and the son of its owner is murdered, sherlock holmes must discover which of his suspicious. Terror by night manufactured on demand on movies unlimited. From the little i heard, he seemed reasonably successful. In terror by night, the killer is smuggled on board the train. In addition we also offer partial financing for films in postproduction that require completion funds. Best horror tv films dhorreur complet en francais 86,939 views 57. If you havent seen the film yet, and dont want the mystery spoiled, then read no further.
Game content and materials are trademarks and s of their respective publisher and its licensors. It was directed by roy william neill, and stars basil rathbone as sherlock holmes and nigel bruce as dr. A wealthy, philandering husband, a posh penthouse apartment, a murdered suspect and the police arrest of the wrong man are the elements of this firstrate, rarely seen thriller starring una merkel, zasu pitts, and nat pendleton. In london, vivian vedder renee godfrey verifies that a carpenter has. You may see, if you will read your bible, that the night is spoken of in the old. Review by thomas drago, eastern alamance high school, mebane, n. Terror is the first documentary to place filmmakers on the ground during an active fbi counterterrorism sting operation. Haywood who would be in his 90s has not been seen for years and is widely thought to be dead. An offscreen narrator tells of the deadly curse carried by the fabulous star of rhodesia diamond, then takes us to a london coffinmakers, where vivian vedder renee godfrey arranges a special coffin for her late mother. Afi member passes will be accepted at all films in the sherlock holmes series. Stay in the know with the latest movie news and cast interviews at movies. So its three movies edited down into short films, which means cutting out roughly twothirds of each movie and trying to have them still make sense. With basil rathbone, nigel bruce, dennis hoey, arthur margetson.