Sherlock Holmes Faces Death

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Frances H One of the better Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce Sherlock Homes wartime movies made from the plot of one my favorite Conan Doyle stories, The Musgrave Ritual. Too bad that so many of the characters are reduced to simpletons. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 04/12/22 Full Review Audience Member Rathbone born play Holmes. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review andy f Fiercly entertaining entry in the series slotted in among the weaker contemporary war stories. This is pure Holmes hokum with all of the best clichés on show and the best atmosphere the series had conjured up since Baskervilles. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Last weekend, when I was first struck down by this nasty cold, I watched another of the Rathbone & Bruce Sherlock Holmes films to whisk me away from my stupor. I probably watched all 14 in the series with my Dad on Saturday nights on Channel 38 back in the early '80s, but the plots are largely forgotten now. And even though I read the complete Conan Doyle stories/novellas a few years ago, that hardly affects my ability to recognize much in these liberal adaptations. Faces Death comes closest to the old Charlie Chan formula that sees the detective confronting a houseful of suspect character actors - only unlike in Chan films, there are only 1 or 2 plausible suspects here and one of them gives himself away so badly that the solution to the murders is rather obvious (even if his reasons remain unclear until the end). However, somehow, the creepy weirdness of the setting (an old mansion that has become a convalescence home for veterans, complete with secret passages and dank dungeon) manages to elevate the film beyond its otherwise not so dramatic plot. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member Another one of my faves. Strange murders are happening at Musgrave Manor, a convalescent home for army men where Dr. Watson is working. Basil Rathbone is the only true Sherlock Holmes. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member A fabulous spooky murder mystery with Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes to the rescue. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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