The Woman in Green

1945

Crime / Drama / Horror / Mystery

8
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 100% · 8 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 57% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.6/10 10 7326 7.3K

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Plot summary

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.

Director

Roy William Neill Photo
Roy William Neill

Top cast

Nigel Bruce Photo
Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson
Henry Daniell Photo
Henry Daniell as Prof. Moriarty
Hillary Brooke Photo
Hillary Brooke as Lydia Marlow
Basil Rathbone Photo
Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes
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623.54 MB
1280*960
English 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
1 hr 7 min
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1.13 GB
1440*1080
English 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
1 hr 7 min
Seeds 6

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by silverscreen888 7 / 10

One of the Best of the Sherlock Holmes Adventures with Leads Well-Acted

"The Woman in Green" (1945) as directed by Roy William Neill is an unusually intelligent and satisfying thriller. Reliable Bertram Millhauser wrote the original screenplay, adding elements from several of Arthur Conan Dyle's stories including "The Empty House" to an interesting but rather gruesome mystery. The plot-line involves murders of young woman from whom a finger has been surgically removed after they have died. Enter Sherlock Holmes, asked to help by Inspector Gregson, who along with his Scotland Yard colleagues is being pressed by their Boss to get results on this series of disturbing killings. Gregson takes the murders of vulnerable young women hard, adding to the seriousness of their number and frequency. Sherlock Holmes, the world's first consulting detective, is moved also and suspect his old nemesis in the matter--except that the man has been reportedly executed in Montevideo. The solution to the case end by involving Holmes with one of the suspects who turns out to have been a victim, the man's daughter, a lethal mastermind, threats against Holmes's companion Dr. Watson's life, and a sinister climax that finds Holmes walking a tightrope between life and death as his friends hasten to rescue him. Director Niell has made few errors here, and makes clever use of shots from several stories high to set up an effective climactic scene As Holmes, Basil Rathbone is unusually heroic and effective throughout. Nigel Bruce is given a rather peripheral role with low-grade comedic bits that he does flawlessly. Henry Daniell is his thoroughly professional self as the mastermind, especially when he invades Holmes's Baker Street apartments for a eerie discussion with his chief adversary. Paul Cavanagh and Hilary Brooke are each given varying moods to play and do them very well indeed. Others in the case have smaller parts and vary in their effectiveness. I find two errors in the handling of a logical storyline. One comes when Maude Fenwick, daughter of a victimized father, is given no reaction to the discovery that he is involved in the series of murders; the other is the static nature of he shots in a nightclub-restaurant that might have been handled by panning with Holmes and the Inspector. Apart from these cavils, I suggest that this is an entertaining trip into mystery, mayhem and mesmerism. One worth more than one study as it is perhaps one of the best of the Rathbone-Bruce Sherlock Holmes series of adventures.
Reviewed by Spondonman 7 / 10

Clue - in this one the murderer plays with a little doll

Reviewed by ma-cortes 7 / 10

A good Sherlock Holmes-Rathbone series movie

It's an excellent film of the splendid Sherlock Holmes Basil Rathbone series including two first-range nasties : one man , Henry Daniell as Doctor Moriarty and one woman, Hillary Brooke as an illusionist with malignant aims.In the flick appears the usual of the Arthur Conan Doyle's novels : Mycroft (Sherlock's brother), Dr.Moriarty, Mistress Hudson , and of course Doctor Watson.The film has a creepy atmosphere , it's in black and white with lights and shades that originate an eerie setting.Set design is of first rate , the movie is very atmospheric ,the dark and gloomy slums of London are very well designed.Basil Rathbone's interpretation is magnificent, he's the best Sherlock Holmes in the cinema , likeness to Peter Cushing and Jeremy Brett in television.Basil Rathbone as Holmes plays in a clever, broody and impetuous manner.Nigel Bruce plays as Watson with humor, goofy and joy , he's the perfect counterpoint to Holmes.Rating : Better than average , 7/10 . Well worth watching .
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