Sherlock Holmes - Terror by Night - DVD

The Secret Weapon - 65 minutes - 1943. Sherlock Holmes must outsmart the Germans and get scientist Dr. Tobel out of Switzerland and back to England with his secret bombsight equipment. The wartime plot of this adventure finds Holmes and Watson once again doing battle with their villainous enemy, the evil Moriarity, who is working for the Nazis this time. Terror By Night - 57 minutes -1946. Sherlock Holmes has been hired to safeguard the valuable Star of Rhodesia diamond belonging to Lady Margaret Carstairs during her train journey from London to Scotland. Holmes and Dr. Watson not only have to foil an attempted robbery but also catch a murderer. Terror By Night, with it's intricate plot, is arguably one of the most atmospheric and exciting films in the series. (122 minutes - 1943/1946 - Black & White - 4 3)

Dressed to Kill was released in 1946 and features Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. The film was the last of fourteen films starring Rathbone and Bruce. A convicted thief in Dartmoor Prison (played by an uncredited Cyril Delevanti) hides the location of stolen Bank of England printing plates inside three music boxes (each of which play a different version of 'The Swagman'. The boxes are then sold to a local auction house. 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. The head of the gang belongs to a darkly, beautiful and ruthless woman, who is also a consummate actress as Holmes soon learns. She disguises herself as a charwoman and speaks Cockney, which both insults and berates both Holmes and Watson. The beautiful woman pretends not to recognize Holmes and Watson and she leaves with a music box right under their noses. Holmes must recover the last music box to crack the secret code contained in the tune before it is too late. Another fantastic tale of mystery and suspense which only the likes of the famous duo of Holmes and Watson can solve. (76 minutes - 1946 - Black & White - 4 3).

Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) pretends to be a Nazi spy to aid scientist Dr. Franz Tobel (William Post, Jr.) and his invention (a bombsight), while in Switzerland. Holmes and Franz fly back to London, but Franz slips away for a secret meeting with his fiancée, handing her a coded message to be presented to Holmes should anything happen to him. Holmes receives a call telling him that Tobel has disappeared. Holmes goes to Charlotte's apartment, where he receives Tobel's envelope. Rather than the coded message, the message inside is from Holme's nemesis, master criminal Professor Moriarty (Lionel Atwill). Moriarty has abducted Tobel to retrieve the secrets to his invention, which Tobel had given in four sections to trusted associates. Holmes returns to Charlotte's apartment to search for the four missing parts to the encoded message. Holmes is able to deduce three of the message's parts, but cannot figure out the fourth. Meanwhile, Moriarty is torturing Tobel in order to uncover the four parts to the message. Who deciphers the encoded message first - Holmes or Moriarty? Lots of action and thrills to come, making this one of the best Holme's classics ever made! (65 minutes - 1943 - Black & White - 4 3).