The Court Jester (1955)
Adventure | Comedy | Family | Musical
A traveling actor is mistaken for a medieval rebel.
Starring: Danny Kaye, Glynis Johns, Basil Rathbone, Angela Lansbury, Cecil Parker, Mildred Natwick
Director: Melvin Frank, Norman Panama
The Dawn Patrol (1938)
Drama | War
British flying aces in World War I contend with the harsh realities of war.
Starring: Errol Flynn, Basil Rathbone, David Niven, Donald Crisp, Melville Cooper, Barry Fitzgerald
Director: Edmund Goulding
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad / Two Fabulous Characters (1949)
Animation | Family | Fantasy | Horror
Two stories. The Wind in the Willows: Concise version of Kenneth Grahame's story of the same name. J. Thaddeus Toad, owner of Toad Hall, is prone to fads, such as the newfangled motor car. This desire for the very latest lands him in much trouble with the wrong crowd, and it is up to his friends, Mole, Rat and Badger to save him from himself. – The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: Retelling of Washington Irving's story set in a tiny New England town. Ichabod Crane, the new schoolmaster, falls for the town beauty, Katrina Van Tassel, and the town Bully Brom Bones decides that he is a little too successful and needs "convincing" that Katrina is not for him.
Starring: Eric Blore, J. Pat O'Malley, Campbell Grant, Oliver Wallace, Pinto Colvig, Leslie Denison
Narrator: Bing Crosby, Basil Rathbone
Director: James Algar, Clyde Geronimi, Jack Kinney
Anna Karenina (1935)
Drama | Romance
The married Anna Karenina falls in love with Count Vronsky despite her husband's refusal to grant a divorce, and both must contend with the social repercussions.
Starring: Greta Garbo, Fredric March, Freddie Bartholomew, Maureen O'Sullivan, May Robson, Basil Rathbone
Director: Clarence Brown
Captain Blood (1935)
Action | Adventure
An enslaved doctor and his comrades in chains escape and become pirates of the Robin Hood variety.
Starring: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, Lionel Atwill, Guy Kibbee, Henry Stephenson
Director: Michael Curtiz
Tales of Terror (1962)
Comedy | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Three stories adapted from the work of Edgar Allen Poe. A man and his daughter are reunited, but the blame for the death of his wife hangs over them, unresolved. A derelict challenges the local wine-tasting champion to a competition, but finds the man's attention to his wife worthy of more dramatic action. A man dying and in great pain agrees to be hypnotized at the moment of death, with unexpected consequences.
Starring: Vincent Price, Maggie Pierce, Leona Gage, Peter Lorre, Joyce Jameson, Basil Rathbone, Debra Paget
Director: Roger Corman
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We're No Angels (1955)
Comedy | Crime | Romance
At Christmas, three prisoners – Joseph, Albert and Jules – escape from Devil Island to a French small coastal town. They decide to rob a store, to get some money and clothes and travel by ship to another place. They pretend to be there to fix the roof, but pretty soon they realize that the financial condition of the family Ducotel is not good. Andre Tochard, the selfish and mean owner of the establishment, exploits the family Ducotel. The three convicts spend Christmas night with the Ducotels and are so well treated by the family that they decide to help them. Their pet will help them to fix the situation.
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Peter Ustinov, Aldo Ray, Joan Bennett, Basil Rathbone, Leo G. Carroll, John Baer
Director: Michael Curtiz
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Son of Frankenstein (1939)
Drama | Horror | Sci-Fi
Wolf von Frankenstein returns to the Baronial manor from the United States with his wife Elsa and son Peter. He not made welcome by the locals who are still terrified of his father's works and the monster he created. The local Burgomaster gives him a sealed briefcase left by his father and inside, Wolf finds his father's scientific notes. At the manor house he meets his father's assistant Igor who has a surprise for him: the monster his father created is still alive, though in some sort of coma. Wolf's initial attempts to re-animate the creature seem to fail but when Peter says he saw a giant in the woods, it appears he's met success. When people are mysteriously killed in the village there is little doubt that the monster is responsible.
Starring: Boris Karloff, Basil Rathbone, Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill, Josephine Hutchinson, Donnie Dunagan
Director: Rowland V. Lee
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The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
Adventure | Animation | Family | Musical | Mystery
Basil, the rodent Sherlock Holmes, investigates the kidnapping of a toy-maker and uncovers its link to his archenemy, Professor Ratigan.
Starring: Vincent Price, Barrie Ingham, Val Bettin, Frank Welker, Susanne Pollatschek, Basil Rathbone, Laurie Main, Eve Brenner
Director: Ron Clements, Burny Mattinson, David Michener, John Musker
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Dressed to Kill (1946)
Mystery
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.
Starring: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Patricia Morison, Edmund Breon, Frederick Worlock
Director: Roy William Neill
Terror by Night (1946)
Mystery | Thriller
When the fabled Star of Rhodesia diamond is stolen on a London to Edinburgh train and the son of its owner is murdered, Sherlock Holmes must discover which of his suspicious fellow passengers is responsible.
Starring: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Alan Mowbray, Dennis Hoey, Renee Godfrey
Director: Roy William Neill
Pursuit to Algiers (1945)
Adventure | Crime | Mystery
Holmes is recruited to escort the heir to a European throne safely back to his homeland after his father's assassination.
Starring: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Marjorie Riordan, Rosalind Ivan, Morton Lowry
Director: Roy William Neill
The Woman in Green (1945)
Crime | Drama | Horror
Sherlock Holmes investigates when young women around London turn up murdered, each with a finger severed off. Scotland Yard suspects a madman, but Holmes believes the killings to be part of a diabolical plot.
Starring: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Hillary Brooke, Henry Daniell, Paul Cavanagh
Director: Roy William Neill
The House of Fear (1945)
Crime | Mystery | Thriller
Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of deaths at a castle with each foretold by the delivery of orange pips to the victims.
Starring: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Aubrey Mather, Dennis Hoey, Paul Cavanagh
Director: Roy William Neill
The Pearl of Death (1944)
Crime | Drama | Mystery
When a valuable pearl with a sinister reputation is stolen, Sherlock Holmes must investigate its link to a series of brutal murders.
Starring: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Dennis Hoey, Evelyn Ankers, Miles Mander
Director: Roy William Neill
The Scarlet Claw (1944)
Crime | Mystery | Thriller
When a gentlewoman is found dead with her throat torn out, the villagers blame a supernatural monster, but Sherlock Holmes, who gets drawn into the case from nearby Quebec, suspects a human murderer.
Starring: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Gerald Hamer, Paul Cavanagh, Arthur Hohl
Director: Roy William Neill
The Spider Woman (1944)
Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of so-called "pajama suicides". He knows the female villain behind them is as cunning as Moriarty and as venomous as a spider.
Starring: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Gale Sondergaard, Dennis Hoey, Vernon Downing
Director: Roy William Neill
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)
Crime | Mystery | Thriller
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.
Starring: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Dennis Hoey, Arthur Margetson, Hillary Brooke
Director: Roy William Neill
Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943)
Crime | Mystery | Thriller
Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson travel to Washington D.C. in order to prevent a secret document from falling into enemy hands.
Starring: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Marjorie Lord, Henry Daniell, George Zucco
Director: Roy William Neill
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1943)
Adventure | Crime | Drama
Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson must protect a Swiss inventor of an advanced bomb sight from falling into German hands.
Starring: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Lionel Atwill, Dennis Hoey, Mary Gordon
Director: Roy William Neill
