Sherlock Holmes Faces Death

Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
1943 US Theatrical Poster
Directed by	Roy William Neill
Produced by	Roy William Neill
Written by	Bertram Millhauser
Based on	Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Starring	Basil Rathbone Nigel Bruce
Music by	H. J. Salter
Cinematography	Charles Van Enger
Editing by	Fred R. Feitshans Jr.
Distributed by	Universal Studios
Release date(s)	September 17, 1943 (1943-09-17)
Running time	68 mins.
Country	United States
Language	English

Sherlock Holmes Faces Death is the sixth film in the Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce series of Sherlock Holmes films. Made in 1943, the film is a loose adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Holmes story "The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual."

Plot

Dr. Watson is serving as resident doctor at Musgrave Hall in Northumberland, a stately home which is also used as a hospital for a number of officers suffering from shell shock. Watson enlists the help of Holmes after his assistant is attacked. Inspector Lestrade also arrives after the first in a series of murders which seem to be tied up with an ancient and apparently meaningless family ritual. Holmes investigates, and discovers that the ritual points to the hiding-place of a land grant, which would make the owner fabulously wealthy. Holmes finally confronts the killer in the crypt in the Manor, and although held at gunpoint, manages to elicit a confession and turn him over to the police.

Cast

• Basil Rathbone – Sherlock Holmes
• Nigel Bruce – Dr. Watson
• Dennis Hoey – Inspector Lestrade
• Arthur Margetson – Dr. Bob Sexton
• Hillary Brooke – Sally Musgrave
• Halliwell Hobbes – Alfred Brunton
• Minna Phillips – Mrs. Howells
• Milburn Stone – Captain Vickery
• Gavin Muir – Phillip Musgrave
• Gerald Hamer – Major Langford
• Vernon Downing – Leuitenant Clavering
• Charles Coleman – Constable

External links

• Sherlock Holmes Faces Death at the Internet Movie Database
• Sherlock Holmes Faces Death at AllRovi
• Sherlock Holmes Faces Death at the TCM Movie Database