Terror by Night(Movie, 1946)

Name: Terror by Night
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Released: 1946
Duration: T01:0:00
Rating: 3.3

Rating: 3.3/5 (with 47 votes)

Terror by Night is a 1946 Sherlock Holmes crime drama directed by Roy William Neill and starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. The story revolves around the theft of a famous diamond aboard a train. 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 Blue Carbuncle," "The Adventure of the Empty House," "The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax," and The Sign of Four. The film is one of four films in the series which are in the public domain. ()

Part of the Sherlock Holmes (1939 Series)

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About Terror by Night

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.

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Trailer for Terror by Night + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Trailer 1(Trailer, 1:27)

Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Plays in: England, London, Scotland

Made by: Universal Pictures

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 16 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 02/01/1946

Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Alan Mowbray, Dennis Hoey, Billy Bevan, Harry Cording, Frederick Worlock, Mary Forbes, Skelton Knaggs

Director: Roy William Neill

Producer: Roy William Neill

Screenwriter: Frank Gruber

Executive Producer: Roy William Neill

Director of Photography: Maury Gertsman

Composer: Hans J. Salter

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Sherlock Holmes In Terror By Night"

"Juwelenraub - Sherlock Holmes"

"Terror en la noche"

"Sherlock Holmes Terrore di Notte"

"Sherlock Holmes: Notti di terrore"