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1. Rebecca (1940)
directed by Alfred Hitchcock
featuring Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders, Judith Anderson, Nigel Bruce
Based on the novel by Daphne du Maurier, the classic psychological thriller Rebecca was Alfred Hitchcock's first American film. Joan Fontaine plays ... More
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2. The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947)
directed by Peter Godfrey
featuring Humphrey Bogart, Barbara Stanwyck, Alexis Smith, Nigel Bruce, Isobel Elsom
Humphrey Bogart plays a psychotic killer who disposes of his wives through slow ingestion of poison in The Two Mrs. Carrolls, made in 1945 but ... More
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3. The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936)
directed by Henry Hathaway
featuring Sylvia Sidney, Henry Fonda, Fred MacMurray, Fred Stone, Nigel Bruce
Paramount's first outdoor Technicolor feature, Trail of the Lonesome Pine was the third film version of John Fox Jr.'s novel. Inspired by the ... More
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4. The Blue Bird (1940)
directed by Walter Lang
featuring Shirley Temple, Spring Byington, Nigel Bruce, Gale Sondergaard, Eddie Collins
When Darryl F. Zanuck's arrangement to loan Shirley Temple to MGM as star of The Wizard of Oz fell through, Zanuck hastily assembled a lavish ... More
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5. Roxie Hart (1942)
directed by William Wellman
featuring Ginger Rogers, Adolphe Menjou, George Montgomery, Lynne Overman, Nigel Bruce
Based on the Ben Hecht/Charlie McArthur play Chicago, Roxie Hart is a short-but-sweet satire of highly publicized court trials. Ginger Rogers plays ... More
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6. The Rains Came (1939)
directed by Clarence Brown
featuring Myrna Loy, Tyrone Power, George Brent, Brenda Joyce, Nigel Bruce
Myrna Loy stars in Clarence Brown's sumptuous and exotic romance, based upon the novel by Louis Bromfield. Loy plays Lady Edwina Esketh, the ... More
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7. The Scarlet Claw (1944)
directed by Roy William Neill
featuring Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Gerald Hamer, Paul Cavanagh, Arthur Hohl
Though it is not based on any Conan Doyle story, The Scarlet Claw is regarded by Baker Street aficionados as the best of Universal's Sherlock Holmes ... More
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8. Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942)
directed by John Rawlins
featuring Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Evelyn Ankers, Reginald Denny, Thomas Gomez
From the first frame of its opening credits, Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror promises (and subsequently delivers) mystery and thrills several ... More
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9. Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943)
directed by Roy William Neill
featuring Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Marjorie Lord, Henry Daniell, George Zucco
One of the silliest and most unbelievable of the Universal Sherlock Holmes series, Sherlock Holmes in Washington is also undeniably one of the most ... More
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10. The House of Fear (1945)
directed by Roy William Neill
featuring Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Aubrey Mather, Dennis Hoey, Paul Cavanagh
This excellent Sherlock Holmes adventure is based on Conan Doyle's The Five Orange Pips. Most of the action takes place in a remote Scottish mansion, ... More
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11. Terror by Night (1946)
directed by Roy William Neill
featuring Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Alan Mowbray, Dennis Hoey, Renee Godfrey
The penultimate entry in Universal's Sherlock Holmes series, Terror by Night takes place almost exclusively on a speeding train, en route from London ... More
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12. Dressed to Kill (1946)
directed by Roy William Neill
featuring Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Patricia Morison, Harry Cording, Frederic Worlock
Based on the prolific Sir Arthur Conan Doyle mysteries, Sherlock Holmes is on the job again. This time the inmate of a British prison has ... More
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13. The Woman in Green (1945)
directed by Roy William Neill
featuring Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Hillary Brooke, Henry Daniell, Paul Cavanagh
Based on Conan Doyle's The Adventure of the Empty House, this "Sherlock Holmes" entry finds Holmes (Basil Rathbone) and Dr. Watson (Nigel Bruce) ... More
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14. The Pearl of Death (1944)
directed by Roy William Neill
featuring Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Dennis Hoey, Evelyn Ankers, Miles Mander
This above-average entry in Universal's Sherlock Holmes series is loosely based on the Conan Doyle story The Six Napoleons. On this occasion, Holmes ... More
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15. Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)
directed by Roy William Neill
featuring Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Hillary Brooke, Milburn Stone, Arthur Margetson
There are those who consider Sherlock Holmes Faces Death to be the best of Universal's Holmes series, though others hold out for 1944's The Scarlet ... More
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16. The Chocolate Soldier (1941)
directed by Roy Del Ruth
featuring Nelson Eddy, Rise Stevens, Nigel Bruce, Florence Bates, Dorothy Gilmore
This remake of Ferenc Molnar's play The Guardsmen focuses on an opera star (Nelson Eddy) who tests the fidelity of his wife (Rise Stephens) by wooing ... More
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17. Lassie Come Home (1943)
directed by Fred Wilcox
featuring Roddy McDowall, Donald Crisp, Dame May Whitty, Edmund Gwenn, Elsa Lanchester, Nigel Bruce
Female dogs tend to shed while in heat; this is why all the collies who've played doggy heroine Lassie in the movies have actually been well ... More
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18. Suspicion (1941)
directed by Alfred Hitchcock
featuring Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Cedric Hardwicke, Nigel Bruce, Dame May Whitty
Wealthy, sheltered Joan Fontaine is swept off her feet by charming ne'er-do-well Cary Grant. Though warned that Grant is little more than a fortune ... More
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19. The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)
directed by Michael Curtiz
featuring Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Patric Knowles, Henry Stephenson, Donald Crisp, Nigel Bruce
Of the many film versions of Alfred Lord Tennyson's narrative poem, 1936's Charge of the Light Brigade has the least relationship to the facts ... More
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20. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
directed by Sidney Lanfield
featuring Richard Greene, Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Lionel Atwill, John Carradine, Wendy Barrie
Though it takes a few liberties with the Arthur Conan Doyle original -- not the least of which is turning Sherlock Holmes into the second lead -- The ... More
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21. Sherlock Holmes and the Spider Woman (1944)
directed by Roy William Neill
featuring Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Gale Sondergaard, Dennis Hoey, Vernon P. Downing
Someone in London has driven several prominent men to madness and suicide. Normally, Scotland Yard would call in Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) to ... More
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22. Journey for Margaret (1942)
directed by W.S. Van Dyke
featuring Margaret O'Brien, Laraine Day, Robert Young, Fay Bainter, Nigel Bruce
This wartime weeper could just as well have been titled Stardom for Margaret , inasmuch as it solidified the popularity of that remarkable child ... More
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23. Becky Sharp (1935)
directed by Rouben Mamoulian
featuring Miriam Hopkins, Cedric Hardwicke, Nigel Bruce, Billie Burke, Frances Dee, Alan Mowbray, Alison Skipworth
Now famous as the first feature film produced in the three-strip Technicolor process, Becky Sharp is also an enjoyable effort in its own right. ... More
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24. She (1935)
directed by Irving Pichel, Lansing C. Holden
featuring Helen Gahagan, Randolph Scott, Helen Mack, Nigel Bruce, Gustav von Seyffertitz
Randolph Scott, whom Cooper borrowed from Paramount, plays Leo Vincey, an explorer searching for the "flame of life," a radioactive element hidden in ... More
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25. Thunder in the City (1937)
directed by Marion Gering
featuring Edward G. Robinson, Luli Deste, Nigel Bruce, Constance Collier, Ralph Richardson
In this satire of British-American relations, Edward G. Robinson stars as Dan Armstrong, a hard-sell American saleman whose company sends him to ... More
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