“Terror by Night” quotes
(1946)
Title Terror by Night
Year 1946
Director Roy William Neill
Genre Drama, Crime, Film-Noir
Year 1946
Director Roy William Neill
Genre Drama, Crime, Film-Noir
Plot – Sherlock Holmes, his assistant Watson and Inspector Lestrade are on a train, travelling from London to Edinburgh. Their job is to protect a precious diamond from Sebastian Moran, one of the most dangerous thefts of the United Kingdom. After a few hours of travel, the diamond gets stolen, and a series of murders start to happen. It's not easy to track down the theft: Moran is a master of disguise and might have taken the identity of any passenger on the train.
All actors – Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Alan Mowbray, Dennis Hoey, Renee Godfrey, Frederick Worlock, Mary Forbes, Skelton Knaggs, Billy Bevan, Geoffrey Steele, , Gilbert Allen, Harry Cording, Boyd Davis, Gerald Hamer, Leyland Hodgson, Stuart Holmes, Colin Kenny, Charles Knight, Janet Murdoch, Tom Pilkington, C. Aubrey Smith, Bobby Wissler
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“- Sherlock Holmes: Did you discover anything, Watson?
- Dr. Watson: Yes. He's a very suspicious character. He tried to put me off the scent.
- Sherlock Holmes: From the little I heard, he seemed reasonably successful.”“- Lady Margaret Carstairs: [presenting her diamond] My husband gave it to me on our fifth wedding anniversary.
- Sherlock Holmes: 423 carats, isn't it?
- Lady Margaret Carstairs: The original diamond was over 700 carats.
- Sherlock Holmes: Really?
- Lady Margaret Carstairs: [to her son] Your father had it cut. Less ostentatious.
- Dr. John H....” (continue)(continue reading)“- Sherlock Holmes: Thank you, Lady Margaret. We'll be as unobtrusive as possible.
- Lady Margaret Carstairs: That would be a novelty from a policeman.”“- Prof. William Kilbane: You come pounding on this door again and I'll have the law on you.
- Inspector Lestrade: I am the law.
- Prof. William Kilbane: Then stop barging in and out of my room like a chambermaid.”“- Lady Margaret Carstairs: I shall report you both to Scotland Yard.
- Inspector Lestrade: ...But I am Scotland Yard.”
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