Terror by Night is a 1946 Sherlock Holmes crime drama directed by Roy William Neill and starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. The story revolves around the theft of a famous diamond aboard a train. <br /><br />Plot: In London, Lady Margaret Carstairs and her son, Roland, engage renowned detective Sherlock Holmes to accompany them back home to Scotland as protection for their priceless gem, the Star of Rhodesia. When Roland turns up murdered and the Star disappears, Holmes and his friend Dr. Watson investigate, only to discover another murder, and a strange connection with Watson's acquaintance Maj. Duncan-Bleek. <br /><br />Credits: <br />Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes <br />Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson <br />Alan Mowbray as Major Duncan-Bleek/Colonel Sebastian Moran <br />Dennis Hoey as Inspector Lestrade <br />Renee Godfrey as Vivian Vedder <br />Frederick Worlock as Professor Kilbane <br />Mary Forbes as Lady Margaret Carstairs <br />Billy Bevan as Train attendant (uncredited) <br />Gerald Hamer as Alfred Shallcross (uncredited) <br />Janet Murdoch as Mrs. Shallcross (uncredited) <br />Skelton Knaggs as Sands (uncredited) <br />Geoffrey Steele as The Honourable Roland Carstairs (uncredited) <br />Boyd Davis as Inspector MacDonald (uncredited) <br />Harry Cording as Mock, the coffin maker (uncredited) <br /><br />Directed by Roy William Neill <br />Written by Frank Gruber <br />Based on Characters and stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle <br />Produced by Roy William Neill <br />Cinematography Maury Gertsman <br />Edited by Saul A. Goodkind <br />Music by Milton Rosen
