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CriticCrunch has 8 Roy William Neill titles in its catalog, ranked by quality percentile.
Lady in the Lake
1946
Mystery · Thriller
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
After being resurrected by grave robbers, Larry Talbot searches for Dr. Frankenstein in the hopes of being cured of his lycanthropy. The mad scientist may turn out to be dead, but his monster is just waiting to be found…
Dir. Roy William Neill · With Lon Chaney Jr., Bela Lugosi, Patric Knowles
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
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
