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The Masks of Death is a British film of genre Thriller directed by Roy Ward Baker released in USA on 23 december 1984 with Peter Cushing

The Masks of Death (1984)

The Masks of Death
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Released in USA 23 december 1984
Length 1h12
Directed by
Genres Thriller,    Crime
Rating61% 3.0955753.0955753.0955753.0955753.095575

The Masks of Death (1984) is a Sherlock Holmes film directed by Roy Ward Baker and starring Peter Cushing as the sleuth and John Mills as Doctor Watson.

Synopsis

The story takes place in 1913. Sherlock Holmes, virtually in retirement, is persuaded by Inspector Alec MacDonald of Scotland Yard to take on a baffling case. Three dead bodies have been found in London's East End, all with no discernible cause of death, but the expressions on their faces suggest that they all died in a state of terror.

Actors

Peter Cushing

(Sherlock Holmes)
John Mills

(Dr. John H. Watson / Narrator)
Anne Baxter

(Irene Adler / Mrs. Norton)
Ray Milland

(Home Secretary)
Anton Diffring

(Graf Udo Von Felseck)
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Sherlock Holmes screen adaptations

Sherlock Holmes Baffled Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1905) Arsène Lupin versus Sherlock Holmes (1910) Detektiv Braun (1914) The Hound of the Baskervilles (1914) A Study in Scarlet (1914) The Mystery of the Leaping Fish (1916) Sherlock Holmes (1916) The Valley of Fear (1916) The Devil's Foot (1921) The Dying Detective (1921) The Man with the Twisted Lip (1921) The Hound of the Baskervilles (1921) Sherlock Holmes (1922) The Sign of Four (1923) The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1929) The Hound of the Baskervilles (1929) Paramount on Parade (1930) Herlock Sholmes in Be-a-Live-Crook (1931) The Hound of the Baskervilles (1931) The Sleeping Cardinal (1931) The Speckled Band (1931) Sherlock Holmes (1932) The Missing Rembrandt (1932) The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case (1932) A Study in Scarlet (1933) The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935) The Hound of the Baskervilles (1937) Silver Blaze (1937) The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes (1937) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939) The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939) Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942) Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943) Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1943) Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943) The Case of the Screaming Bishop (1944) The Spider Woman (1944) The Scarlet Claw (1944) The Pearl of Death (1944) The House of Fear (1945) Pursuit to Algiers (1945) The Woman in Green (1945) Dressed to Kill (1946) Terror by Night (1946) The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959) Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (1962) A Study in Terror (1965) The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970) They Might Be Giants (1971) The Hound of the Baskervilles (1972) The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975) The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976) Sherlock Holmes in New York (1976) The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It (1977) Silver Blaze (1977) The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978) Murder by Decree (1979) Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (1979) The Private Eyes (1980) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: King of Blackmailers (1980) The Hound of the Baskervilles (1981) The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983) The Sign of Four (1983) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Treasures of Agra (1983) Sherlock Holmes and the Baskerville Curse (1983) The Case of Marcel Duchamp (1984) The Masks of Death (1984) Young Sherlock Holmes (1985) The Great Mouse Detective (1986) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Twentieth Century Approaches (1987) The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1987) The Hound of the Baskervilles (1988) Without a Clue (1988) Hands of a Murderer (1990) The Crucifer of Blood (1991) Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls (1992) Sherlock Holmes Returns (1993) VeggieTales: Where's God When I'm S-Scared? (1993) The Hound of London (1993) Zero Effect (1998) The Hound of the Baskervilles (2000) The Royal Scandal (2001) The Sign of Four (2001) The Xango from Baker Street (2001) The Case of the Whitechapel Vampire (2002) The Hound of the Baskervilles (2002) Sherlock: Case of Evil (2002) Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking (2004) VeggieTales: Sheerluck Holmes and the Golden Ruler (2006) Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars (2007) Sherlock Holmes (2009) Sherlock Holmes (2010) Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes (2010) Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady (2010) Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) Holmes & Watson: Madrid Days (2012) Mr. Holmes (2015) Holmes & Watson (2018)

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