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Sherlock Holmes (Fictitious character) Fiction.
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Watson, John H. (Fictitious character) Drama.
Sherlock Holmes finds a music box hold the key to plates stolen from the Bank of England.
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Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes dressed to kill
Drama
"Basil Rathbone stars as super sleuth Sherlock Holmes, and Nigel Bruce co-stars as the loveable but slightly bumbling Dr. Watson in this last installment of the extremely popular detective series. In this episode Holmes and Watson face their toughest and most sinister adversary to date, a beautiful woman who is definitely Dressed to Kill! She's after three music boxes and won't stop at anything, including murder, to get a hold of them ..."
Sherlock Holmes. Dressed to kill. Terror by night
England's stolen engraving plates have been hidden in a series of music boxes.
When Dr. Watson's friend is found dead after buying a musical box at an auction, Holmes' investigation leads him to a ruthless woman willing to kill for the remaining two boxes. The last of fourteen films based on Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional detective Sherlock Holmes and his loal friend Dr. Watson starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce.
Three music boxes hold the secret to the location of banknote plates stolen from the Bank of England.
Sherlock Holmes : dressed to kill
The forces of evil once again foiled by Sherlock Holmes - never so cunningly aloof than in the person of Basil Rathborne, and never so bumbling but clever Nigel Bruce as Mr. Watson.
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Double feature Terror by night ; Dressed to kill
Sherlock Holmes: Dressed to kill
Detective and mystery films
Sherlock Holmes sets out to discover why a trio of murderous villains, including a dangerously attractive female, are desperate to obtain three unassuming and inexpensive little music boxes.
Sherlock Holmes and the secret code
Dressed to kill
Dressed To Kill
In this final Rathbone-Bruce classic, Holmes and Watson are menced by a very appealing villainess. The plot involves counterfeiting, specifically a Bank of England plate hidden in one of three music boxes.
Three music boxes are the only clues that Holmes has to work with to find the location of bank note printing plates stolen from the Bank of England.
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Holmes and Watson recover valuables stolen from the bank of England, with only a series of music boxes providing clues. This is the final film in the Rathbone/Holmes series.
Sherlock Holmes finds a music box that holds the key to plates stolen from the Bank of England.
The Bank of England is robbed, putting the country in financial jeopardy. How can a music box cause such murder and mayhem?
A mystery involving a stolen Bank of England printing plate. To locate the hiding place, it is necessary to solve the code of three musical boxes.
In Terror by night, Holmes and Watson find themselves up against a brutal murderer who has just stolen an extremely rare diamond. Their search puts them on a train with a collection of characters, any one of whom could be the killer. They must deduce who is the killer before they reach the station and he can escape.
The Bank of England's engraving plates are stolen and the secret lies in several music boxes.
In Terror by night, the story takes place almost entirely on a train. Holmes is hired to protect an extremely valuable diamond but is up against Colonel Moran, a master of disguise who is an ally of Holmes' archenemy Moriarity.
Dressed to kill: When unsuspecting purchasers of music boxes start turning up dead, Holmes and Watson discover an even bigger problem - their prime suspect is already behind bars.
Dressed to kill (Motion picture : 1946)
Prelude to murder
Three music boxes are the only clues that Holmes has to work with to find the location of bank notes stolen from the Bank of England.
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"At an auction in London, identical music boxes made at a local prison are sold to patrons Julian 'Stinky' Emery, William Kilgour and Evelyn Clifford. Immediately after the sales, the underhanded Colonel Cavanaugh bribes Ebenezer Crabtree, the auctioneer, to give him the purchasers' addresses. The next night, Stinky visits his old friend, Dr. Watson, at the home of detective Sherlock Holmes, and tells them how he was robbed of a music box which resembled the cheaper one he bought at the auction. Intrigued, Holmes asks to see the cheaper box at Stinky's, and there admires the unusual tune it plays. After they leave Stinky's, Hilda Courtney, a beautiful acquaintance of Stinky, visits and asks him for his music box as a gift. When Stinky refuses, Hamid, the driver for Cavanaugh and Hilda, enters and kills him. Holmes soon investigates the crime scene, and, seeing the music box is gone, questions Crabtree, who reveals the addresses of the purchasers and describes Cavanaugh. Holmes and Watson hurry to Kilgour's to examine his music box, and after the housekeeper reluctantly lets them in and then leaves, they find a young girl tied up in the closet, who tells them the housekeeper, whom they realize was really Hilda, attacked her and stole her music box. The next day, Hilda and Cavanaugh follow Evelyn to the toy store at which she works, only to discover that Holmes has already purchased her music box. Outside, Hilda realizes that a Scotland Yard man, Sergeant Thompson, is following them, and they kill him. Meanwhile, Holmes deduces that the three boxes must work together to form a coded message, and learns that they were crafted by a prisoner named John Davidson, who years earlier stole and hid a set of five-pound note engraving plates from the Bank of England, from which counterfeit money could be made. When Holmes notices that Evelyn's music box plays a slightly different tune than Stinky's, he rushes to find Joe Cisto, an entertainer who can identify any song. After Joe affirms that the tune, an Australian folk song, is a few notes off and writes the correct notes for him, Holmes struggles throughout the night to decode it. Finally, due to a remark of Watson's about numbering the keys of a piano, Holmes understands that the off notes correspond to numbers which correspond to letters. He decodes the message: 'Behind books third shelf secretary Dr. S, ' but knows that this is only one third of the statement. Soon after, his study is ransacked, but Holmes discovers that one of the criminals left behind an exotic cigarette, which he traces back to Hilda. He visits her, only to be ambushed by Cavanaugh and Hamid, who take him to a warehouse, handcuff him, set off a deadly chemical smoke bomb and hang him by the cuffs. As Holmes struggles to escape, Hilda visits Watson and, after tricking him into revealing the location of the box, steals it. When Holmes returns, Watson happens to recite a Samuel Johnson quote, which tips off Holmes as to the identity of 'Dr. S.' They rush to the Samuel Johnson memorial museum, in which the bookcase is located, and arrest the three thieves just as they are retrieving the plates"--AFI catalog, 1941-1950.
Sherlock Holmes finds a music box holds the key to plates stolen from the Bank of England.
Two classic mysteries featuring that infamous sleuth Sherlock Holmes and his faithful companion, Doctor Watson.
"The master detective (Basil Rathbone) and his companion Dr. Watson (Nigel Bruce) become enmeshed in a case of murder involving a series of music boxes which harbor some strange significance. The twisting and turning trail leads Holmes to the maker of these precious musical objects, a man behind bars. A group of thugs headed by the seductive Hilda Courtney (Patricia Morison) is willing to kill to acquire them. Holmes must resist the devilish femme-fatale in his race to uncover the clues that will solve the mystery and put the underworld mob our of business"--P. [4] of cover.
Dressed to kill (Motion picture)
Terror by night
In the first mystery, Sherlock Holmes unravels a baffling murder with three music boxes as his only clue. The second mystery involves the theft of a precious gem and a murder aboard a train bound from London to Edinburgh.
Someone wanted a music box so badly that he killed a Scotland Yard inspector. After a second seemingly motiveless killing, Sherlock Holmes reaches a quick but accurate conclusion. Getting enough evidence for a conviction, however, is another matter; for that, he must put his life and Watson's on the line.
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson investigate the theft of friend's music boxes.
Detective and mystery stories
Sherlock Holmes in Dressed to kill
In the first mystery, Sherlock Holmes unravels a baffling murder with three music boxes as his only clue.
Dressed to kill ; Terror by night
A twisted tale of murder, blackmail and revenge revolving around a cache of mysterious music boxes. Sherlock Holmes, with Dr. Watson in tow, emerges one last time from the flat at 221-B Baker Street to put his marvelous deductive powers to work and crack the case.
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Terror by night: Holmes thinks he can prevent the theft of an enormous diamond, the Star of Rhodesia ... that is until a gruesome murder derails the case.
Mystery involving a code hidden in three music boxes. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson attempt to find stolen plates for 5 pound notes.
Sherlock Holmes films
"A twisted tale of murder, blackmail and revenge revolving around a cache of mysterious music boxes"--External container.
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson investigate the theft of a friend's music boxes.
Detective Holmes and his assistant, Dr. Watson, are called in when a thief hides stolen treasure in music boxes and the innocent owners begin to die.
In this film, the last in the series, the Bank of England's engraving plates are stolen.
Sherlock Holmes - Dressed to kill
Lively Sherlock Holmes adventure in which the super-sleuth is in hot pursuit of stolen counterfeit Bank of England bank plates. Music boxes made in prison hold the key to their whereabouts.
Pitted once again against a treacherous female adversary, Holmes and Watson set out to find a group of bank plates stolen from the Bank of England. The fate of Britain's international finance rests on the sleuths' shoulders, as they brush dangerously close to death. The key to the mystery lies in three identical musical boxes which were accidentally sold at auction. But the heinous conspirators stop at nothing to get the boxes back--with only Holmes to stop it.
Dressed to kill and, Terror by night
Sherlock Holmes Dressed to kill
Sherlock Holmes adventure in which the super-sleuth is in hot pursuit of stolen counterfeit bank plates. Music boxes in prison hold the key to their whereabouts.
Sherlock Holmes and his faithful assistant Dr. Watson pursue stolen Bank of England bank plates. Complications pile up as Holmes tries to outwit the thieves.
Lively Sherlock Holmes adventure in which the super-slueth is in hot pursuit of stolen counterfeit Bank of England plates. Music boxes made in prison hold the key to their whereabouts. Final entry in Universal's popular Rathbone/Bruce Sherlock Holmes series.
Plates have been stolen from the Bank of England and the fate of Britain's international trade is threatened. Holmes faces a famale adversary, having to discover how three identical music boxes hold the key to solving this mystery.
Dressed to kill Terror by night
Sherlock Holmes, dressed to kill
Three music boxes are the only clues that Holmes has to work with to find the location of bank notes stollen from the bank of England.
Terror by night ; Dressed to kill
Based on the prolific Sir Arthur Conan Doyle mysteries, Sherlock Holmes is on the job again. This time the inmate of a British prison has incorporated stolen Bank of England engraving plates into a series of music boxes he has made and multiple criminals are out to find them. Holmes must be first. It's a weak, thin plot for the final of the Holmes/Watson series but it is still a joy to see Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce working off one another.
Sherlock Holmes attempts to crack secret codes and return stolen Bank of England plates.
In Dressed to kill the master detective Holmes and his companion Dr. Watson become enmeshed in a case of murder involving a series of music boxes which harbor some strange significance. The twisitng and turning trail leads Holmes to the maker of these precious musical objects, a man behind bars. A group of thugs headed by the seductive Hilda Courtney (Patricia Morison) is willing to kill to acquire them. Holmes must resist the devilish femme-fatale in his race to uncover the clues that will solve the mystery and put the underworld mob our of business.
UCLA preservation
In Dressed to kill, the story revolves around three music boxes that contain printing plates for counterfeiting money and the race between Holmes and the criminals who want these plates.
Sherlock Holmes' interest is piqued by the seemingly trivial theft of a music box purchased for a few pounds at auction. When murder ensues, he discovers the box holds the key to a plot which could bankrupt Great Britain.
DVD-Video discs
In this final Rathbone-Bruce classic, Holmes and Watson are menced by a very appealing villainess, who almost manages to do the unsuspecting sleuth in.
When the Bank of England is robbed, it takes a wizard to solve the crime.
Three musical boxes hold the clues to the location of stolen money-making plates, and it's up to Sherlock Holmes and his trusty sidekick Dr. Watson to piece together the clues before the plates fall into the hands of villains.
Dressed to kill : Three musical boxes hold the clues to the location of stolen money-making plates, and it's up to Sherlock Holmes and his trusty sidekick Dr. Watson to piece together the clues before the plates fall into the hands of villians.
Sherlock Holmes -- dressed to kill
Fiction
Terror by night: On a train from London to Edinburgh, Mr. Holmes is confronted with a baffling diamond robbery and the murder of the gem's owner ; Dressed to kill: Three music boxes are the only clues that Holmes has to work with to find the location of bank notes stolen from the Bank of England.
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson investigate a theft from the Bank of England. A music box holds the key.
Dressed to kill (1946)
Video recordings
Un vol à la banque d'Angleterre. Sherlock Holmes enquête.
Fiction films
Sherlock Holmes in dressed to kill
Three music boxes are the only clues that Holmes has to work with to find the location of bank plates stolen from the Bank of England.
Dressed to Kill : A twisted tale of murder, blackmail and revenge revolving around a cache of mysterious music boxes. Sherlock Holmes, with Dr. Watson in tow, emerges one last time from the flat at 221-B Baker Street to put his marvelous deductive powers to work and crack the case.
Sherlock Holmes, Dressed to kill plus Terror by night
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A British prison inmate has incorporated stolen Bank of England engraving plates into several music boxes and Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson must find them before the criminals do.
Sherlock Holmes' dressed to kill