The Woman in Green (1945)

Movie"From her LIPS — poison that bred MURDER!"
Audience Score
64
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NR 1 hr 8 minJul 27th, 1945Thriller, Crime, MysterySherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) Collection PosterPart of Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) Collection
Sherlock Holmes investigates when young women around London turn up murdered, each with a finger severed. Scotland Yard suspects a madman, but Holmes believes the killings to be part of a diabolical plot.
StarringBasil RathboneNigel BruceHillary Brooke
DirectorRoy William Neill

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:July 27th, 1945
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Universal Pictures
Movie Tags:
black and whitelondon, englandinvestigationblackmailamnesiafemme fataleseries of murdershypnosissherlock holmesviolence against women

Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) Collection

A series of fourteen films based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories was released between 1939 and 1946; the British actors Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce played Holmes and Dr. John Watson, respectively. The first two films in the series were produced by 20th Century Fox and released in 1939. The studio stopped making the films after these, but Universal Pictures acquired the rights from the Doyle estate and produced a further twelve films. Although the films from 20th Century Fox had large budgets, high production values, and were set in the Victorian era, Universal updated the films to the contemporary era of the Second World War, and produced them as B pictures with lower budgets. Both Rathbone and Bruce continued their roles when the series changed studios, as did Mary Gordon, who played the recurring character, Mrs. Hudson.