Basil Rathbone

Robin Hood fights nobly for justice against the evil Sir Guy of Gisbourne while striving to win the hand of the beautiful Maid Marian.

Dir. Michael Curtiz, William Keighley · With Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone

One of the sons of late Dr. Henry Frankenstein finds his father's ghoulish creation in a coma and revives him, only to find out the monster is controlled by Ygor who is bent on revenge.

Dir. Rowland V. Lee · With Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi

Dr. Peter Blood, unjustly convicted of treason and exiled from England, becomes a notorious pirate.

Dir. Michael Curtiz · With Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Lionel Atwill

Three convicts escape from prison on Devil's Island just before Christmas and arrive at a nearby French colonial town. They go to the store of the Ducotels, the only store that gives supplies on credit. They initially intend to take advantage of them but have a change of heart after they find the family is in financial troubles.

Dir. Michael Curtiz · With Humphrey Bogart, Aldo Ray, Peter Ustinov

Three stories adapted from the work of Edgar Allen Poe: 1) A man and his daughter are reunited, but the blame for the death of his wife hangs over them, unresolved. 2) A derelict challenges the local wine-tasting champion to a competition, but finds the man's attention to his wife worthy of more dramatic action. 3) A man dying and in great pain agrees to be hypnotized at the moment of death, with unexpected consequences.

Dir. Roger Corman · With Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Basil Rathbone

The Wind in the Willows: Concise version of Kenneth Grahame's story of the same name. J. Thaddeus Toad, owner of Toad Hall, is prone to fads, such as the newfangled motor car. This desire for the very latest lands him in much trouble with the wrong crowd, and it is up to his friends, Mole, Rat and Badger to save him from himself. - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: Retelling of Washington Irving's story set in a tiny New England town. Ichabod Crane, the new schoolmaster, falls for the town beauty, Katrina Van Tassel, and the town Bully Brom Bones decides that he is a little too successful and needs "convincing" that Katrina is not for him.

Dir. Clyde Geronimi, James Algar, Jack Kinney · With Bing Crosby, Basil Rathbone, Eric Blore

In 1820 Spain, the son of a California nobleman comes home to find his native land under a villainous dictatorship. On one hand, he plays the useless fop, while on the other, he is the masked avenger Zorro.

Dir. Rouben Mamoulian · With Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Basil Rathbone

When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.

Dir. Sidney Lanfield · With Richard Greene, Basil Rathbone, Wendy Barrie

A hapless carnival performer masquerades as the court jester as part of a plot against a usurper who has overthrown the rightful king of England.

Dir. Norman Panama, Melvin Frank · With Danny Kaye, Glynis Johns, Basil Rathbone

When a woman is found dead with her throat torn out, the local villagers blame a supernatural monster. But Sherlock Holmes, who gets drawn into the case from nearby Quebec, suspects a human murderer.

Dir. Roy William Neill · With Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Gerald Hamer

Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of so-called "pajama suicides". He knows the female villain behind them is as cunning as Moriarty and as venomous as a spider.

Dir. Roy William Neill · With Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Gale Sondergaard

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. John Watson for guidance.

Dir. Roy William Neill · With Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Aubrey Mather

Having once again avoided criminal conviction, Professor Moriarity develops a murderous plan to “finish off” his last major nemesis, Sherlock Holmes, by making him fail to prevent the perfect crime. Does it involve a family curse, the crown jewels of England, or something else…

Dir. Alfred L. Werker · With Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Ida Lupino

An undertaker who hasn't had any 'customers' in a long time is forced to pay one year's back-rent. To get money he starts to kill people, which brings absurd results.

Dir. Jacques Tourneur · With Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff

Holmes and Watson board a passenger train bound from London to Edinburgh, to guard the Star of Rhodesia, an enormous diamond worth a fortune belonging to an elderly woman of wealth; but within the first hour of the trip, the woman's son is murdered and the diamond stolen and any of the passengers in their car could be the killer thief.

Dir. Roy William Neill · With Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Alan Mowbray

A convicted thief in Dartmoor prison hides the location of the stolen Bank of England printing plates inside three music boxes. When the innocent purchasers of the boxes start to be murdered, Holmes and Watson investigate.

Dir. Roy William Neill · With Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Patricia Morison

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.

Dir. Roy William Neill · With Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Hillary Brooke

In the midst of World War II, Sherlock Holmes rescues the Swiss inventor of a new bomb-sight from the Gestapo and brings him to England, where he quickly falls into the clutches of the evil Professor Moriarty.

Dir. Roy William Neill · With Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Lionel Atwill

England, at the start of World War Two. Mysterious wireless broadcasts, apparently from Nazi Germany are heard over the BBC. They warn of acts of terror in England, just before they take place. Baffled, the Defense Committee call in Sherlock Holmes.

Dir. John Rawlins · With Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Evelyn Ankers

When the diabolical Professor Ratigan kidnaps London's master toymaker, the brilliant master of disguise Basil of Baker Street and his trusted sidekick Dawson try to elude the ultimate trap and foil the perfect crime.

Dir. Burny Mattinson, John Musker, David Michener, Ron Clements · With Barrie Ingham, Vincent Price, Val Bettin