Terror by Night
1946 · 60 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 7,251 VOTES · DIR. Roy William Neill
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,187 lines
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00:01:04 The Star of Rhodesia
00:03:40 as she was into getting to Edinburgh.
00:05:02 I suppose there's no harm
00:07:52 to a good curry.
00:09:34 No sir.
00:11:16 Right in there.
00:13:15 of passengers in this carriage?
00:15:07 and asking a few questions.
00:16:58 Why don't you try this one?
00:18:27 Anything they say?
00:20:05 Why of course mind.
00:22:27 I warn you
00:23:51 For a very simple reason, I already know.
00:25:45 she might have a motive
00:30:30 Yes.
00:33:01 This affair's obviously the work of two men.
00:34:41 Foreign agents.
00:35:57 come on let me have it.
00:37:47 Sorry chap.
00:42:02 You use this.
00:46:06 We've had a spot of trouble here Inspector.
00:47:39 The cleverest criminal
00:50:03 It's all right Conductor
00:52:12 Send it over as soon as possible will you?
Cast & Characters
Basil Rathbone
Sherlock Holmes
Nigel Bruce
Dr. John H. Watson
Alan Mowbray
Maj. Duncan-Bleek
Dennis Hoey
Inspector Lestrade
Renee Godfrey
Vivian Vedder
Frederick Worlock
Prof. William Kilbane
Mary Forbes
Lady Margaret Carstairs
Skelton Knaggs
Sands
Billy Bevan
Train Attendant
Geoffrey Steele
Roland Carstairs
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,187
Dialogue density19.8 lines / min
First line00:01:04
Final line00:52:12
Production Record
DirectorRoy William Neill
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes7,251