The Pearl of Death
The master minds tackle the master crimes!
1944 | 69m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Roy William Neill |
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| Writer: | Bertram Millhauser, Arthur Conan Doyle |
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| 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 stolen, due to an error on Holmes' part, and shortly thereafter, a series of horrible murders begin, the murderer leaving his victims with their spines snapped and surrounded by a mass of smashed china. | |
| Release Date: | Aug 01, 1944 |
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| Director: | Roy William Neill |
| Writer: | Bertram Millhauser, Arthur Conan Doyle |
| Genres: | Crime, Mystery, Thriller |
| Keywords | museum, ocean liner, murder, black and white, series of murders, art gallery, private detective, dover, stolen jewel, sherlock holmes |
| Production Companies | Universal Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Basil Rathbone | Sherlock Holmes |
| Nigel Bruce | Dr. John Watson |
| Dennis Hoey | Inspector Lestrade |
| Evelyn Ankers | Naomi Drake |
| Miles Mander | Giles Conover |
| Ian Wolfe | Amos Hodder |
| Charles Francis | Francis Digby, curator |
| Holmes Herbert | James Goodram, courier |
| Richard Aherne | Museum Guard Bates |
| Mary Gordon | Mrs. Hudson |
| Rondo Hatton | The Hoxton Creeper |
| Harry Cording | George Gelder (uncredited) |
| Billy Bevan | Constable With Food Tray (uncredited) |
| Leyland Hodgson | Customs Officer (uncredited) |
| Eric Wilton | Chauffeur (uncredited) |
| Lillian Bronson | Maj. Harker's Housekeeper (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Roy William Neill | Director |
| Ray Snyder | Editor |
| Bertram Millhauser | Writer |
| Bernard B. Brown | Sound Director |
| Vera West | Costume Design |
| Edward R. Robinson | Set Decoration |
| Paul Sawtell | Original Music Composer, Music Director |
| John B. Goodman | Art Direction |
| Martin Obzina | Art Direction |
| Russell A. Gausman | Set Decoration |
| Virgil Miller | Director of Photography |
| Arthur Conan Doyle | Original Story |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Roy William Neill | Producer |
| Howard Benedict | Executive Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 |
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So the "Borgia Pearl" with a provenance steeped in blood and death is stolen from a museum after "Holmes" (Basil Rathbone), rather pompously, disables the state-of-the-art electric security system and so he and "Watson" (Nigel Bruce) have to try and get it back again. This time he comes up against a ... formidable protagonist in "Giles Conover" (Miles Mander) and his brutal henchman "the Hoxton Creeper". This is a tense, and at times quite menacing cat-and-mouse movie based on Conan-Doyle's "Six Napoleons" that keeps your attention throughout with the stars rarely better...