Sherlock Holmes Faces Death/Sherlock in Washington [DVD]

There are those who consider Sherlock Holmes Faces Death to be the best of Universal’s Holmes series, though others hold out for 1944’s The Scarlet Claw. Based loosely on Conan Doyle’s The Musgrave Ritual, the plot finds Holmes (Basil Rathbone) and Watson (Nigel Bruce) being summoned to the Musgrave estate when several mysterious murders occur. By the time the mystery is solved, Sally Musgrave (Hillary Brooke), young mistress of the estate, has decided to donate her property to “the people” as part of the war effort, cuing another of Holmes’ patriotic curtain speeches. The best moment occurs when Holmes suddenly realizes that the floor of Musgrave castle resembles a huge chess board — a clue vital to the ultimate solution of the case. Peter Lawford shows up unbilled as an inebriated sailor.~Hal Erickson

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Details

• Genre Drama
• Subgenre Detective Film
• Title Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
• Countries Produced United States
• Duration 68 minutes
• Year of Release 1943
• Product Tags DVD
• Format DVD
• Program Type Movie
• Sound Features stereo
• Screen Format Black & White
• Aspect Ratio 1.33:1
• Language English
• Subtitles English
• Region Code 1
• Studio MPI Home Video

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• Product Name Sherlock Holmes Faces Death/Sherlock Holmes in Washington [DVD]
• UPC 030306795997