Basil Rathbone — Actor (31)
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Casanova's Big Night (1954) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Casanova's Big Night
director: Norman Z. McLeod actor: Bob Hope / Joan Fontaine …
other title: La grande notte di Casanova / Der Schürzenjäger von Venedig …
Italy 1757, Pippo Popolino, a lowly tailor, disguises himself as the great Casanova in order to romance the attractive widow Francesca. He little suspects what awaits him... Locked into the incongruous role by the desperation of the real Casanova's creditors, Pippo must journey to Venice on a delicate mission far beyond his capabilities.
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The Bishop Murder Case (1929) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The Bishop Murder Case
director: Nick Grindé / David Burton actor: Basil Rathbone / Leila Hyams …
The murders start with the body of Robin. He is found with a arrow through the heart, but Vance deduces that the body was placed and not found where he was killed. The note found dealing with the murder was part of a nursery rhyme and signed by 'Bishop'. The only witness may have been Mrs. Drukker and Adolph, but they are not talking. As the murders progress, each one is accompanied by a nursery rhyme. It is up to Philo Vance to unravel the clues and unmask the identity of the murderer 'Bishop'.
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Rio (1939) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Rio
director: John Brahm actor: Basil Rathbone / Victor McLaglen …
other title: Inferno dei tropici / Noches en Río …
Diabolical French capitalist Paul Reynard is forced to leave Irene, his bride of one year, when he is arrested for the crimes of forgery and embezzlement and sentenced to a penal colony off the coast of South America.
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A Tale of Two Cities (1935) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
A Tale of Two Cities
director: Jack Conway actor: Ronald Colman / Elizabeth Allan …
other title: Le due città / Flucht aus Paris …
Set against the conditions leading up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror, French doctor Alexandre Manette serves an 18-year imprisonment in the Bastille in Paris, followed by his release to live in London with the daughter he has never met.
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The Last Days of Pompeii (1935) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Last Days of Pompeii
director: Ernest B. Schoedsack actor: Preston Foster / Alan Hale …
other title: Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei / Der Untergang von Pompeji …
In this action-filled spectacle set in ancient Pompeii, a blacksmith becomes a Roman gladiator, though his rise to wealth and power is jeopardized by his son's Christianity and the eruption of Vesuvius.
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The Last Hurrah (1958) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
The Last Hurrah
director: John Ford actor: Spencer Tracy / Jeffrey Hunter …
other title: L'ultimo urrà / O Último Hurrah …
In a changing world where television has become the main source of information, Adam Caulfield, a young sports journalist, witnesses how his uncle, Frank Skeffington, a veteran and honest politician, mayor of a New England town, tries to be reelected while bankers and captains of industry conspire in the shadows to place a weak and manageable candidate in the city hall.
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Paris Calling (1941) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Paris Calling
director: Edwin L. Marin actor: Elisabeth Bergner / Randolph Scott …
other title: Ici Londres
Marianne Jannetier, a well-to-do Parisian, engaged to Andre Benoit, a high-ranking government official, flees the city when the goose-stepping Nazi storm-troopers arrive. When her mother dies on the road to Bordeaux as a result of Nazi bombing, she returns to Paris and joins the underground movement. Nicholas Jordan, an American member of the RAF, stranded in Paris after the evacuation is also working with the Paris underground. Marianne kills her former fiancée, a pro-Nazi informant, for the traitorous state papers he is carrying, and she and Jordan try to flee over a French seaport...
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
director: Alfred L. Werker actor: Basil Rathbone / Nigel Bruce …
other title: Le avventure di Sherlock Holmes / Sherlock Holmes …
Having once again avoided criminal conviction, Professor Moriarity develops a murderous plan to “finish off” his last major nemesis, Sherlock Holmes, by making him fail to prevent the perfect crime. Does it involve a family curse, the crown jewels of England, or something else…
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The House of Fear (1945) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The House of Fear
director: Roy William Neill actor: Basil Rathbone / Nigel Bruce …
other title: Sherlock Holmes e la casa del terrore / Sherlock Holmes: Skrækkens hus …
The Good Comrades are a collection of varied gentlemen who crave one thing - solitude. They reside at Drearcliff House, ancestral home of their eldest member. All seems serene and convivial until one by one the members begin to perish in the most grisly of manners. Foul play is suspected by the Good Comrades' insurance agent, who turns to Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson for guidance.
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The Pearl of Death (1944) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Pearl of Death
director: Roy William Neill actor: Basil Rathbone / Nigel Bruce …
other title: Sherlock Holmes e la perla della morte / Sherlock Holmes: Dødens perle …
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.
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Pursuit to Algiers (1945) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Pursuit to Algiers
director: Roy William Neill actor: Basil Rathbone / Nigel Bruce …
other title: Sherlock Holmes - Destinazione Algeri / Sherlock Holmes: Pursuit to Algiers …
After the King of Rovenia has been assassinated, Holmes and Watson are engaged to escort his son to Europe via Algiers, aboard a transatlantic ocean liner which also carries a number of suspicious persons, any of whom may be involved in a plot to also assassinate him.
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Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
director: Roy William Neill actor: Basil Rathbone / Nigel Bruce …
other title: Sherlock Holmes di fronte alla morte / Sherlock Holmes ser døden i øjnene …
During WWII several murders occur at a convalescent home where Dr. Watson has volunteered his services. He summons Holmes for help and the master detective proceeds to solve the crime from a long list of suspects including the owners of the home, the staff and the patients recovering there.
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Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942) [Movie] IMDb TMDB Skybridge
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
director: John Rawlins actor: Basil Rathbone / Nigel Bruce …
other title: Sherlock Holmes e la voce del terrore / Sherlock Holmes og terrorstemmen …
England, at the start of World War Two. Mysterious wireless broadcasts, apparently from Nazi Germany are heard over the BBC. They warn of acts of terror in England, just before they take place. Baffled, the Defense Committee call in Sherlock Holmes.