Post by ant-mac on Nov 9, 2018 23:04:25 GMT
THE PEARL OF DEATH (1944) 5/5.
This is the ninth film in the SHERLOCK HOLMES film series to feature Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. The screenplay is by Bertram Millhauser and is loosely based upon THE ADVENTURE OF THE SIX NAPOLEONS, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. However, it features some additions, such as Evelyn Ankers as Naomi Drake, an accomplice to the villain, Giles Conover, played by Miles Mander and the inclusion of Rondo Hatton as a brutal killer known as the Creeper. The film soundtrack is by Paul Sawtell, the film is produced by Howard Benedict and it’s directed by Roy William Neill.
THE PEARL OF DEATH stars Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes, Nigel Bruce as Doctor John Watson, Evelyn Ankers as Naomi Drake, Dennis Hoey as Inspector Lestrade, Miles Mander as Giles Conover, Rondo Hatton as The Creeper and Mary Gordon as Mrs Hudson. It also features Ian Wolfe, Charles Francis, Holmes Herbert, Connie Leon, John Merkyl, Lillian Bronson, Leslie Denison and Arthur Mulliner.
Master criminal Giles Conover steals the famous Borgia Pearl from the Royal Regent Museum under the very nose of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor John Watson, but when later caught the pearl is not found on him and the police are forced to release him. Sherlock Holmes and Doctor John Watson must work out what became of the stolen pearl. After he played the part of the Creeper, Universal Studios attempted to exploit Rondo Hatton's unusual features and promote him as a horror star. He played the Creeper twice more, in HOUSE OF HORRORS and THE BRUTE MAN, both of which were released after his premature death in 1946, at the age of 51.
This is the ninth film in the SHERLOCK HOLMES film series to feature Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. The screenplay is by Bertram Millhauser and is loosely based upon THE ADVENTURE OF THE SIX NAPOLEONS, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. However, it features some additions, such as Evelyn Ankers as Naomi Drake, an accomplice to the villain, Giles Conover, played by Miles Mander and the inclusion of Rondo Hatton as a brutal killer known as the Creeper. The film soundtrack is by Paul Sawtell, the film is produced by Howard Benedict and it’s directed by Roy William Neill.
THE PEARL OF DEATH stars Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes, Nigel Bruce as Doctor John Watson, Evelyn Ankers as Naomi Drake, Dennis Hoey as Inspector Lestrade, Miles Mander as Giles Conover, Rondo Hatton as The Creeper and Mary Gordon as Mrs Hudson. It also features Ian Wolfe, Charles Francis, Holmes Herbert, Connie Leon, John Merkyl, Lillian Bronson, Leslie Denison and Arthur Mulliner.
Master criminal Giles Conover steals the famous Borgia Pearl from the Royal Regent Museum under the very nose of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor John Watson, but when later caught the pearl is not found on him and the police are forced to release him. Sherlock Holmes and Doctor John Watson must work out what became of the stolen pearl. After he played the part of the Creeper, Universal Studios attempted to exploit Rondo Hatton's unusual features and promote him as a horror star. He played the Creeper twice more, in HOUSE OF HORRORS and THE BRUTE MAN, both of which were released after his premature death in 1946, at the age of 51.
