La Femme en vert

Original title: The Woman in Green

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Basil Rathbone, Eve Amber, Hillary Brooke, Nigel Bruce, Paul Cavanagh, and Henry Daniell in La Femme en vert (1945)

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.

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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 di... Read allSherlock 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.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.

Director
- Roy William Neill
Writers
- Bertram Millhauser
- Arthur Conan Doyle
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IMDb RATING

6.6/10

7.2K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Roy William Neill
Writers
- Bertram Millhauser
- Arthur Conan Doyle
Stars

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Onslow
(as Frederic Worlock)

Coulter Irwin

Williams
(as Tom Bryson)

Sally Shepherd

Crandon

Mary Gordon

Mrs. Hudson

Fred Aldrich

Detective
(uncredited)

Eve Ashley

Background Woman
(uncredited)

John Burton

Waring - Mesmerist
(uncredited)

Harold De Becker

Shoelace Seller
(uncredited)

Leslie Denison

Vincent - Barman at Pembroke House
(uncredited)

Tony Ellis

Carter - Hypnotized Subject
(uncredited)

Tom Ferrandini

Club Patron
(uncredited)

Director
- Roy William Neill
Writers
- Bertram Millhauser
- Arthur Conan Doyle
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Trivia
This marks the third Sherlock Holmes' movie starring Basil Rathbone where Holmes faces Prof. James Moriarty, after Les aventures de Sherlock Holmes (1939) and Sherlock Holmes et l'Arme secrète (1942). Curiously, Moriarty is portrayed by a different actor in each movie: George Zucco, Lionel Atwill, and Henry Daniell, respectively.

Goofs
As Lydia is hypnotizing Sir George on her sofa, the image shown of them in her water bowl is reversed from how a reflected image would appear.

Quotes
Dr. John H. Watson: There ought to be a law against fat people keeping little dickey birds.

Crazy credits
After The End was screened the message "You're not giving - just lending - when you buy war savings stamps and bonds - on sale here.

Alternate versions
Also available in computer-colorized version.

Connections
Edited into Who Dunit Theater: The Woman in Green (2015)

Soundtracks
Melody in F
(uncredited)
Composed by Anton Rubinstein.

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Solid, moody Holmes entry.....

......very enjoyable. Hilary Brooke is seductive, Henry Daniell is a terrific Moriarty, as always Rathbone and Bruce are tops as Holmes and Watson. Here you get to see them trailing a string of hypnotist-induced murders, reminders of the Ripper killings to a degree.

Be sure to pay attention to a couple scenes, the Sniper and the Hypnotist demo. Both are what made this series are keeper.

As always they don't pad it w/ unneeded scenes or characters, so you can get your Rathbone fix in about an hour or more. There are a few noir touches and of course, the patriotic ode to London at the end.

*** outta ****