Terror by Night

(1946)

★ 6.6 IMDb · 159 votes

Genres: Mystery, Crime, Thriller

Year: 1946

Runtime: 60 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Roy William Neill

Cast: Бэзил Рэтбоун, Найджел Брюс, Алан Маубрэй, Деннис Хоуи, Renee Godfrey, Frederick Worlock, Мэри Форбс, Skelton Knaggs, Billy Bevan, Geoffrey Steele

Plot

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.

Holmes is hired by Roland Carstairs to prevent the theft of the Star of Rhodesia, a 423 carat diamond owned by Carstairs' mother, Lady Margaret. Suspecting the diamond will be stolen on a train trip from London to Edinburgh in Scotland, Holmes deftly switches diamonds with Lady Margaret while in her compartment admiring the jewel. Soon after, Roland is murdered and the fake diamond is stolen. Red herrings abound as Holmes, aided by Dr. Watson and Inspector Lestrade, discover the murderer's hiding place and deduce that long-time nemesis Professor Moriarty's henchman, Colonel Sebastian Moran, is somehow involved in the crime.