Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone): watch order
The movies in the series, sorted by release date. Total runtime: 16 h 17 min. A series of fourteen films based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories was released between 1939 and 1946; the British actors Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce played Holmes and Dr. John Watson, respectively. The first two films in the series were produced by 20th Century Fox and released in 1939. The studio stopped making the films after these, but Universal Pictures acquired the rights from the Doyle estate and produced a further twelve films. Although the films from 20th Century Fox had large budgets, high production values, and were set in the Victorian era, Universal updated the films to the contemporary era of the Second World War, and produced them as B pictures with lower budgets. Both Rathbone and Bruce continued their roles when the series changed studios, as did Mary Gordon, who played the recurring character, Mrs. Hudson.
Movie 1The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
1 h 20 min · ★ 7.1
When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.
Movie 2The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
1 h 25 min · ★ 6.9
Having once again avoided criminal conviction, Professor Moriarity develops a murderous plan to “finish off” his last major nemesis, Sherlock Holmes, by making him fail to prevent the perfect crime. Does it involve a…
Movie 3Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942)
1 h 5 min · ★ 6.5
England, at the start of World War Two. Mysterious wireless broadcasts, apparently from Nazi Germany are heard over the BBC. They warn of acts of terror in England, just before they take place. Baffled, the Defense…
Movie 4Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942)
1 h 8 min · ★ 6.4
In the midst of World War II, Sherlock Holmes rescues the Swiss inventor of a new bomb-sight from the Gestapo and brings him to England, where he quickly falls into the clutches of the evil Professor Moriarty.
Movie 5Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943)
1 h 11 min · ★ 6.8
In World War II, a British secret agent carrying a vitally important document is kidnapped en route to Washington. The British government calls on Sherlock Holmes to recover it.
Movie 6Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)
1 h 8 min · ★ 6.9
During WWII several murders occur at a convalescent home where Dr. Watson has volunteered his services. He summons Holmes for help and the master detective proceeds to solve the crime from a long list of suspects…
Movie 7The Spider Woman (1943)
1 h 3 min · ★ 7.0
Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of so-called "pajama suicides". He knows the female villain behind them is as cunning as Moriarty and as venomous as a spider.
Movie 8The Scarlet Claw (1944)
1 h 14 min · ★ 7.0
When a woman is found dead with her throat torn out, the local villagers blame a supernatural monster. But Sherlock Holmes, who gets drawn into the case from nearby Quebec, suspects a human murderer.
Movie 9The Pearl of Death (1944)
1 h 9 min · ★ 7.1
The famous Borgia Pearl, a valuable gem with a history of bringing murder and misfortune to its owner since the days of the Borgias, is brought to London, thanks in part to Sherlock Holmes. But before long the jewel is…
Movie 10The House of Fear (1945)
1 h 9 min · ★ 6.9
The Good Comrades are a collection of varied gentlemen who crave one thing - solitude. They reside at Drearcliff House, ancestral home of their eldest member. All seems serene and convivial until one by one the members…
Movie 11The Woman in Green (1945)
1 h 8 min · ★ 6.5
Sherlock Holmes investigates when young women around London turn up murdered, each with a finger severed. Scotland Yard suspects a madman, but Holmes believes the killings to be part of a diabolical plot.
Movie 12Pursuit to Algiers (1945)
1 h 5 min · ★ 6.8
After the King of Rovenia has been assassinated, Holmes and Watson are engaged to escort his son to Europe via Algiers, aboard a transatlantic ocean liner which also carries a number of suspicious persons, any of whom…
Movie 13Terror by Night (1946)
1 h · ★ 6.6
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…
Movie 14Dressed to Kill (1946)
1 h 12 min · ★ 6.7
A convicted thief in Dartmoor prison hides the location of the stolen Bank of England printing plates inside three music boxes. When the innocent purchasers of the boxes start to be murdered, Holmes and Watson…
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