Actor/Actress: Basil Rathbone,
Nigel Bruce,
Aubrey
Mather,
Dennis Hoey,
Paul Cavanagh,
Holmes Herbert,
Harry Cording,
Sally Shepherd,
Florette Hillier,
David Clyde;
Director: Roy William Neill;
Year: 1945;
Runtime: 70 Minutes;
Film Rating: Not Rated;
Language: English;
Video: Black & White;
Closed Captioned: N;
UPC: 030306754192;
Screen Ratio: Fullscreen;
Discs: 1;
Features: N;
The master detective
Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) and his faithful
cohort Dr. Watson (Nigel Bruce) are back, preserved and digitally
restored in 35mm to original condition by the UCLA Film and Television
Archive. This newly restored version of the classic film includes the
period war bond tag, studio logo and credits from its original
theatrical release. Filled with ominous shadows and interesting camera
angles, the visual beauty of the film in 35mm is stunning.
The Good Comrades are a collection of varied gentlemen who crave one
thing - solitude. They reside at Drearcliff House, ancestral home of
their eldest member. All seems serene and convivial until one by one
the members begin to perish in the most grisly of manners.
Foul play is
suspected by the Good Comrades' insurance agent, who turns to Sherlock
Holmes and Dr. Watson for guidance. When Holmes is told that the deaths
are preceded by a message in the form of orange pips sealed in an
envelope, delivered to the next victim at dinner, and that the Good
Comrades' insurance policies are all to be paid to the surviving
member, the famed detective is convinced that there is murder afoot.
Holmes and Watson are off to Scotland to try and solve the mystery.
