A wealthy young aristocrat employs "Holmes" to escort himself and his mother on a train from London to Edinburgh alongside the legendary Star of Rhodesia - a diamond the size of a duck egg. Together with trusty sidekick "Dr. Watson" and "Insp. Lestrade" who is ostensibly off fishing for salmon (it isn't quite the season) they embark on a singularly dangerous train journey. It's got plenty of dud trails for our duo, even some appropriated tea pots and a coffin - before we finally identify that the arch criminal "Col. Moran" is also on the train and he will stop at nothing to procure the ice. The pace rattles along as quickly as the train, and builds nicely to quite a quirky conclusion with a few near misses along the way. Great way to spend a hour!
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.
Quick Stats
6.6
TMDB Rating
160
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1h
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DirectorRoy William Neill
WriterFrank Gruber
CinematographyMaury Gertsman
ComposerBernard B. Brown
EditorSaul A. Goodkind
Production DesignAbraham Grossman
Produced by
Universal Pictures
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1 featuredCast

Basil Rathbone
Sherlock Holmes

Nigel Bruce
Dr. John H. Watson

Alan Mowbray
Major Duncan-Bleek

Dennis Hoey
Inspector Lestrade

Renee Godfrey
Vivian Vedder

Frederick Worlock
Prof. William Kilbane

Mary Forbes
Lady Margaret Carstairs

Skelton Knaggs
Sands - Moran's Accomplice

Billy Bevan
Conductor Taking Tickets
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Geoffrey Steele
Roland Carstairs
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Janet Murdoch
Mrs. Shallcross (uncredited)

Gerald Hamer
Alf Shallcross (uncredited)

Leyland Hodgson
Senior Conductor (uncredited)

Harry Cording
Mock the Undertaker (uncredited)
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Charles Knight
Baggage Car Guard (uncredited)







