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Silver Blaze is a British film of genre Crime directed by Thomas Bentley released in USA on 15 january 1941 with Arthur Wontner
Silver Blaze (1937)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 15 january 1941
Length 1h11
Directed by Thomas Bentley
OriginUnited-kingdom
Genres Crime
Themes Sherlock Holmes films
Rating57%
Silver Blaze is a 1937 British, black-and-white crime and mystery film, based loosely on Arthur Conan Doyle's short story "Silver Blaze". It was directed by Thomas Bentley, and was produced by Twickenham Film Studios Productions. It starred Arthur Wontner as Sherlock Holmes, Ian Fleming as Dr. Watson and Ronald Shiner (uncredited) as Simpson the Stable Boy/Jockey . In the USA the film was released in 1941 by Astor Pictures, where it was also known as Murder at the Baskervilles, retitled by distributors to capitalize on the success of the Basil Rathbone Holmes film, The Hound of the Baskervilles.
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Sherlock Holmes takes a holiday by visiting his old friend Sir Henry Baskerville (Lawrence Grossmith). Sherlock's vacation ends when he and Dr. Watson suddenly find themselves in the middle of a double-murder mystery. Now they have got to find Professor Robert Moriarty (Lyn Harding) and the horse, Silver Blaze before the great cup final horse race and bring the criminals to justice.Actors
Arthur Wontner
(Sherlock Holmes)
Ian Fleming
(Dr. John Watson)
John Turnbull
(Inspector Lestrade)
John Turnbull
(Inspecteur Lestrade)
Robert Horton
(Col. Ross)
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