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Basil Rathbone - what members say


  • Sherlock Holmes - The Woman In Green
  • Sherlock Holmes - The Woman In Green review by from Keynsham
    Rated - 5 stars Basil - The One and Only 16 November 2004
    ...For me this is the only Sherlock, Basil Rathbone is the master of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's wonderful yarns. One could almost say he is the founder of modern forensics!...  
  • Sherlock Holmes And The House Of Fear
  • Sherlock Holmes And The House Of Fear review by from BRYNFORD
    Rated - 5 stars 26 January 2004
    ...r later he'll feel the urge to kill again...". Another brilliant one liner from Basil Rathbone as the World's most famous detective, this time in Scotland investigating the a...  
  • Sherlock Holmes - Pursuit To Algiers
  • Sherlock Holmes - Pursuit To Algiers review by tkgp from London
    Rated - 5 stars Brilliant fun 15 September 2004
    ...sed on a Conan Doyle original, but I think this is one of the best of the whole Basil Rathbone series. The creepy atmosphere, the fog, devious and suspicious characters, surp...  

Basil Rathbone - filmography


  • Sherlock Holmes - Dressed To Kill on DVD (1946)
    Starring: Nigel Bruce,  Basil Rathbone
    Director: Roy William Neill
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    Basil Rathbone, the definitive Sherlock Holmes, stars in his last installment in the classic mystery series, with Nigel Bruce as his trusty sidekick Watson. When a prison inmate makes three cheap music boxes that are sold at auction, an old school friend of Dr. Watson's purchases one, later turning ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 59% from 33 members
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  • Intermezzo on DVD (1939)
    Starring: Leslie Howard,  Ingrid Bergman,  Edna Best
    Director: Gregory Ratoff
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    David O. Selznick's INTERMEZZO is Ingrid Bergman's first English-speaking film and the movie that launched her Hollywood career. Billed as the greatest love story of all time, it avoids the schmaltz factor despite being highly melodramatic, due to Gregory Ratoff's swift direction.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 55% from 172 members
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  • David Copperfield (1935)
    Starring: Freddie Bartholomew,  Basil Rathbone,  W.C. Fields
    Director: George Cukor
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Otherwise known as "The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, and Observation of David Copperfield, the Younger", this 1935 version of the classic Charles Dickens tale stars some of the best actors of the time in it's retelling of the life of young Mr. Copperfield.
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 77% from 4 members
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  • A Tale of Two Cities (1935)
    Starring: Ronald Colman,  Elizabeth Allan,  Edna May Oliver
    Director: Jack Conway
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    An elaborate adaptation of Dickens' classic tale of the French Revolution. Dissipated lawyer Sydney Carton defends emigre Charles Darnay from charges of spying against England. He becomes enamored of Darnay's fiancée, Lucie Manette, and agrees to help her save Darnay from the guillotine when he is ..read more »
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  • Captain Blood on DVD (1935)
    Starring: Errol Flynn,  Olivia de Havilland,  Olivia De Havilland
    Director: Michael Curtiz
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Dr. Peter Blood, escapes and leads a revolt of his fellow prisoners. He seeks retribution by turning them into a pirate crew and himself into the head pirate, Captain Blood. With the bold declaration, "we the hunted will now hunt", he founds the 'Brotherhood of Buccaneers' to fight the villainous ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 438 members
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Basil Rathbone - watch online


  • The Magic Sword to Watch Now (1961)
    Starring: Basil Rathbone,  Estelle Winwood,  Gary Lockwood
    Director: Bert I. Gordon
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC (TBC)
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    Run time: 80 minutes
    A princess who has been kidnapped and who is about to be fed to a dragon is championed by a brave son of a sorceress with the help of magic knights . It is all complicated by seven curses which have to be overcome.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 56% from 20 members
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Basil Rathbone facts

5 most recent films

Basil The Great Mouse Detective - 3.5 stars
Tales Of Terror - 3.0 stars
The Court Jester - 3.5 stars
The Adventures Of Ichabod And Mister Toad - 3.0 stars
Terror By Night - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Adventures Of Robin Hood - 4.0 stars
Captain Blood - 3.5 stars
The Court Jester - 3.5 stars
Sherlock Holmes - The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes - 3.5 stars
Sherlock Holmes - The Scarlet Claw - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

A Tale of Two Cities - 3 stars
Sherlock Holmes - Dressed To Kill - 3.0 stars
David Copperfield - 4.0 stars
Errol Flynn - Signature Collection - 4.0 stars
Queen Of Blood - 2.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Nigel Bruce - 25 times - show films
Dennis Hoey - 7 times - show films
Lionel Atwill - 7 times - show films
Hillary Brooke - 6 times - show films
Henry Daniell - 5 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Roy William Neill - 21 times - show films
Michael Curtiz - 3 times - show films
Roy William Neil - 3 times - show films
John Rawlins - 2 times - show films
Jack Kinney - 1 times - show films