Product: Terror by Night (1946)
Rating: 4.0
Enjoyable mystery
Holmes and Watson are on the job, along with a friend of Watson's, on a train from London to Scotland. They are to protect a huge diamond, which has already had one attempt at theft made upon it in London. It doesn't take long for murder and theft to strike the train journey. Holmes and Watson, along with Scotland Yard Inspector LeStrade, find a baffling mystery. The murder MUST be one of the passengers in the very car in which the murder occurred, but which one?Unfortunately, the ending is a bit simple for a Holmes mystery, and very little of the famous Holmes talent for putting small obscure clues together is evident in this story. Still, the mystery is enjoyable and surprising. Just the atmosphere of an early 20th century train trip makes this movie worth a watch, as virtually the entire movie is set on the train.Recommended.