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Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of deaths at a castle with each foretold by the delivery of orange pips to the victims.Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of deaths at a castle with each foretold by the delivery of orange pips to the victims.Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of deaths at a castle with each foretold by the delivery of orange pips to the victims.
Richard Alexander
- Ralph King
- (uncredited)
C.E. Anderson
- Mourner
- (uncredited)
Wilson Benge
- Guy Davies
- (uncredited)
Hobart Cavanaugh
- Bit Part
- (uncredited)
Alec Craig
- Angus
- (uncredited)
Cyril Delevanti
- Stanley Raeburn
- (uncredited)
Leslie Denison
- Sergeant Bleeker
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaDespite the orange pips, the film is nothing like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's original Sherlock Holmes short story "The Five Orange Pips". That is at least partially because the main mystery in the original story is the odd writing of "KKK" in a letter that contained the orange pips, which of course stands for the notorious American white supremacist/terrorist organization, the Ku Klux Klan. By 1945, the worldwide notoriety of that group made a faithful adaptation of the original story pointless for the typical audience and any adaptation of any kind required an extensive rewrite to use it.
- GoofsAs the murders took place in Scotland, a local policeman would have been sent to the crime scene, not Inspector Lestrade from London. The local constabulary contacted Scotland Yard/Inspector Lestrade at the behest of Sherlock Holmes. It is unlikely a policeman would have been sent from London to the north of Scotland during wartime, even at the request of Sherlock Holmes.
- Quotes
Sherlock Holmes: Murder is an insidious thing, Watson. Once a man has dipped his fingers in blood, sooner or later he'll feel the urge to kill again.
- ConnectionsEdited into Who Dunit Theater: Sherlock Holmes and the House of Fear (2021)
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I'd have to rate this as one of the best of the Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes films. It has about everything you would want in these movies - suspense, action, a clever story and some good humor courtesy our friend Dr. Watson. The latter is in top form with a number of funny lines and reactions to the happenings around him.
Meanwhile, this plays like the Agatha Christie story, "And Then There Were None." Instead of "10 Little Indians," there are the "orange pips" which are sent in an envelope to the members of the "The Good Comrades" club up in Drearcliff, Scotland. Whoever receives the envelope is shortly thereafter murdered in a grisly way. Holmes, Watson and then Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard, all venture up to the Scottish mansion to investigate the murders.
This is good stuff with nary a lull during the 69-minute film that features a variety of suspects, from evil-looking to the nicest guy in the house. Who is committing these murders is anyone's guess, right down to the end.
Meanwhile, this plays like the Agatha Christie story, "And Then There Were None." Instead of "10 Little Indians," there are the "orange pips" which are sent in an envelope to the members of the "The Good Comrades" club up in Drearcliff, Scotland. Whoever receives the envelope is shortly thereafter murdered in a grisly way. Holmes, Watson and then Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard, all venture up to the Scottish mansion to investigate the murders.
This is good stuff with nary a lull during the 69-minute film that features a variety of suspects, from evil-looking to the nicest guy in the house. Who is committing these murders is anyone's guess, right down to the end.
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- Aug 22, 2006
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- Sherlock Holmes: The House of Fear
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- Runtime1 hour 9 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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