1946 • NR • 1h
6.6/10
(120 users) 
Overview
Holmes and Watson board a passenger train bound from London to Edinburgh, to guard the Star of Rhode Holmes and Watson board a passenger train bound from London to Edinburgh, to guard the Star of Rhodesia, an enormous diamond worth a fortune belonging to an elderly woman of wealth; but within the first hour of the trip, the woman's son is murdered and the diamond stolen and any of the passengers in their car could be the killer thief.
6.6/10
(120 users) Cast / Crew 
Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes 
Nigel Bruce Dr. John H. Watson 
Alan Mowbray Major Duncan-Bleek 
Dennis Hoey Inspector Lestrade 
Renee Godfrey Vivian Vedder 
Frederick Worlock Prof. William Kilbane 
Mary Forbes Lady Margaret Carstairs 
Skelton Knaggs Sands - Moran's Accomplice 
Billy Bevan Conductor Taking Tickets 
Geoffrey Steele Roland Carstairs Janet Murdoch Mrs. Shallcross (uncredited) 
Gerald Hamer Alf Shallcross (uncredited) 
Leyland Hodgson Senior Conductor (uncredited) 
Harry Cording Mock the Undertaker (uncredited) Charles Knight Baggage Car Guard (uncredited) 
Roy William Neill Director Frank Gruber Screenplay Maury Gertsman Director of Photography Saul A. Goodkind Editor Milton Rosen Music Director John B. Goodman Art Direction Abraham Grossman Art Direction Bernard B. Brown Sound Director Russell A. Gausman Set Decoration Carl Lawrence Set Decoration Vera West Costume Design Carmen Dirigo Hairstylist 
Jack Pierce Makeup Department Head Howard Benedict Executive Producer Roy William Neill Producer
Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes Nigel Bruce Dr. John H. Watson Alan Mowbray Major Duncan-Bleek Dennis Hoey Inspector Lestrade Renee Godfrey Vivian Vedder Frederick Worlock Prof. William Kilbane Mary Forbes Lady Margaret Carstairs Skelton Knaggs Sands - Moran's Accomplice Billy Bevan Conductor Taking Tickets Geoffrey Steele Roland Carstairs Janet Murdoch Mrs. Shallcross (uncredited) Gerald Hamer Alf Shallcross (uncredited) Leyland Hodgson Senior Conductor (uncredited) Harry Cording Mock the Undertaker (uncredited) Charles Knight Baggage Car Guard (uncredited) Roy William Neill Director Frank Gruber Screenplay Maury Gertsman Director of Photography Saul A. Goodkind Editor Milton Rosen Music Director John B. Goodman Art Direction Abraham Grossman Art Direction Bernard B. Brown Sound Director Russell A. Gausman Set Decoration Carl Lawrence Set Decoration Vera West Costume Design Carmen Dirigo Hairstylist Jack Pierce Makeup Department Head Howard Benedict Executive Producer Roy William Neill Producer 
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