Sherlock Holmes DRESSED TO KILL (1946) BASIL RATHBONE 

If I had to be on a desert island I'd take the Rathbone Holmes films with me.

Basil Rathbone could actually play the piano and violin in real life and was a very accomplished musician

The actor who portrayed Dr. Watson’s friend Stinky, also portrayed one of the scientists stranded up in the North Pole and facing the evil alien “carrot” in the 1951 sci-fi classic, “The Thing from Another World.”

I swear to God you could never repeat such good film and actors as from that era just totally classic

I love Doyle's stories. Holmes is iconic. His making sense of seeming nonsense iis just the best.

Here's the thing: all these many years later, every time someone else plays Sherlock Holmes he is evaluated by comparison to Basil Rathbone.

Rathbone & Bruce are a wonderful party and create a truely gentle chemistry between Holmes and Watson - no unesessary banter, splendid. Also: The proof that cigarettes CAN save lifes.

I admire a man who has enough self-confidence to go by the nickname Stinky and proudly display his collection of music boxes.

Patricia Morrison died several years ago in 2018 at age 103 one of the oldest if not the oldest entertainers!

What a great pair they were... playing off each other... each offering something .. They were great.. and have withstood the test of time.. but let's not go into that right now old fellow.

The best parts for me are Nigel Bruce, he's so funny at times.

The pacing on all of the Sherlock Holmes movies is brilliantly paced....never forced and always relaxed and the dialogue spoken is eloquent with so many well chosen phrases being articulated by the great Basil Rathbone.

Basil Rathbone will always be my favorite Sherlock. He was charming. Others tried too hard to portray Holmes as "difficult" and condescending. it's so off-putting.

Love these vedios of Sherlock Holmes (Rathbone) and Watson. Thank you so showing them. God bless

I have a confession, up until recently I thought Sherlock Holmes was a real person. Yes, it's true. I love these movies!

13:25 The singing rabbit would make for a great scarer for scaring crooks away. 13:42 Watson: "Stupid thing, singing rabbit." That made me laugh!

Watson..."Do I look like a man who'd gossip?" Holmes..."Let's not go into that now old fellow shall we?" 😂😂😂

You know, I really think this may be the highest quality Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes film. It works in references to Holmes' canonical adventures, showcases Watson's writing skill (through it's effect on others, if not by actually showing it), has some very touching moments between Holmes and Watson, has reasonably clever villains with an original enough plot, and on the side of the heroes this film really exudes the warmth that came to characterize The Baker Street Dozen in a different way than many of the numerous other portrayals of the detective and company.

it's great we can view these classics courtesy of youtube, i don't think you'd find them on dvd now.

Watson & Holmes are a great pair of kindred spirits...heart brothers indeed true!

What a wonderful Sherlock Holmes film. Fast-paced, with just the right amount of humor and intrigue. I was put off at the outset however, by the old lech Stinky, who met his demise. My favorite scene was the tavern frequented by the washed up actors, and the song and dance. Delightful my good fellow. I shall recall the music box tune as well. Splendid.

1962. saturday afternoon at the local theater. a quarter gets the kids 3 movies plus shorts and their grateful parents 4 hours of relief. those afternoons were great!

American house and storefronts. Cars are usually right-hand drives, to drive on the left, as they should in the U.K. However the bus shown is left-hand drive with the front entrance on the right, which would never exist in England.

41:20 Classic Watson line: "What on earth is this outlandish place?" lol

I'm very much enjoying re-watching these for the first time in years. Rathbone's intensity as Holmes is mesmerizing... but I very much wish they hadn't portrayed Watson as a buffoon! It gets rather tiresome and makes one wonder why Holmes would put up with such an inept partner.

“I don’t think I could have done it entirely without Mr. Holmes’ help.”

Great show with fantastic actors both male and female. Thanks for posting. David Mitchell

close to the end the villain throws a magic knife at holmes and it sticks in the wall by the mantle of the fireplace. but when watson gets up the stairs it is gone from the wall. amazing. nice to know they made these errors then and they still make them in movies today.

One of the better Rathbone/Bruce movies. And the last one they made.

Nice reference to Irene Adler from A Scandal In Bohemia. ‘The Woman’ who outwitted Sherlock Holmes

Ladies Fashions were elegant

Thanks mate for uploading. Takes me back to the 80s and Friday night 17:456. WHY did they stop showing stuff like this, gotta be better than Cash in the Attic. Peace.

Unbelievable how attractive the lead actress was, even until her older age.

Thanks for the movie, Pizzaflix!😊❤

In Forty's and Fifty's to be invited to one of Rathbone's house party's was a personal compliment and honor that only the brightest and socially entertaining received.

Thank you for sharing this interesting movie!

Never tire of the periodic TABLE

Enjoy theses oldoe golden favorites keep playing these 😀💜

I have watched these films 1000 times

The character actor Ian Wolfe who plays the inspector in this seemed to remain the same age throughout his long career..

The best Sherlock Holmes!

Arthur Conan Doyle must have had Basil Rathbone in mind when he invented Sherlock Holmes.

I enjoyed the new incarnation with Cumberbatch and Freeman, but I do love dear Nigel Bruce as Watson

If Holmes is so smart, why would he: 1. Trust Watson with possession of the 3rd music box and 2. Why would he even keep it? Once he broke the code, he could have destroyed it or given it to Scotland Yard so the villains could never get possession of it, as it no longer was any use to him, but would be disastrous if the villains stole it. Hiding in a cookie jar... yup... really smart there, Sherlock.

A very good black and white print.Thanks.

There exists are coloured version of this film, and its so beautifully done.

I never get tired of the Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes series. Universal really did a fine job of producing these films. Classy dialogue & scripts, good actors & sets. The stunning Mrs. Courtney (Patricia Morison) had one hell of a figure. She even appeared in the NBC classic 1989 TV show Cheers. She had a long successful career on stage & TV. Looked quite attractive into old age. She passed away on May 20, 2018, at 103. Continuity issue: when Watson placed the biscuit box down one wig head on the table had a Holmes cap on it. When Rathbone went to get a suitcase off the table that head had no cap on it. (I've been watching these detective tales too much). This was an ingenious episode. So good, that I'm sure the writers of The Wild Wild West TV series in the 60s adapted it for an episode ("The Night of the Janus") when the clue to their mystery was in a sheet music melody called "Two-Faced Stranger In the Garden." Singer Jackie DeShannon sang it & apparently the melody was a Morse code type of notation from the notes when played backward fast. Great episode.

I got this on DVD very good I love it

at about 51:00, 'stalemate?' 'yes, but we can't leave it like that.' 'stalemate' is the end of the game and you do leave it at that. maybe, 'for the moment, a dead end?' 'for the moment but we can't leave it at that'

Call me old..which I am not...but these movies are just superb 😊

I love these Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes films. There were 14 made apparently. I've seen about 7 so far, all those are 10/10 from me.

Great scott!

The average petty thief ... object d'art quote. Thanks for the internet

Brilliant movie Color superb thank you Alrx 👍👍📽️📽️

Ole Watson checking her out and copping a feel at 1:01:39

Great movie, thank you so much.

Of course, the importance of the banknote plates is much exaggerated. Once the bank realizes that the plates had been stolen, they would immediately create new ones of a different design, rendering the stolen ones worthless.

That pop up singing rabbit is a priceless collectible now, according to Mike Wolfe from American Pickers 🙈🙈. Love these old movies. Going on a binge of old movies and tv shows at the moment. Loving the whole shebang.

love these old Sherlock Holmes movies

Interesting film, especially an LMS train changing to all sorts of trains on a layout. Strange to consider when there was still plenty of real rail available

Rathbone Bruce, the best pair thanx for sharing

"Miss Williams could you kindly return the music box...."

Best movie ever made.

This is also known as Sherlock Holmes and the secret code.

All the tunes sounded the same to me, lol

best sherlock ever

Oh!! I've seen this before! Excellent 😃

I was a year old when this movie came out... lol Man I feel old now... Basil Rathbone playing the violen at 9:00 his fingers are dead still on the stem of the violin.. and yet.. Oh Danny Boy is flowing from it.. haha

Nigel Tufnell, Spinal Tap.

They are all great!

Very good.

It is amazing the extent in those days to which nobody bothered to even try to make the scenes authentic for the time. This is entirely 1940's and not remotely 1890's, people speak 1940's, dress 1940's, look 1940's and even the interiors dont look Victorian. The film even goes so far as to throw in anti-German propaganda folling the end of the Second World War "Germans use it effectively to remove desirables."

the woman playing "Mrs Courtney" reminds me so much of scarlett johanssen

I wonder why the writers have Dr Watson so gullible?

ok in other movies they've done this so idk why they didn't in this one... the man who stole the plates only had 15 minutes to hide them before he was caught so they only needed to search a radius around the bank of england that would equal about 15 minutes though they could narrow that further by showing where he was caught exactly and going in a bit of a straight line back toward the bank. if they use it in one movie about SH same actors etc surely they'd remember to use it in another!

My friends also called me “Stinky” but for an entirely different reason.

Curious how Stinky's " rug " didn't fall off wen he was killed !

Excellent Watching

A great movie, thanks! That wonderful acting of a good mystery, enhanced by the starkness of black&white film and lack of awful background "music." Just observations: speaking of music, I was amused at that old ex-con "Joe" who not only accurately knew songs but could whip out real manuscript paper and jot them down! And I thought Watson was portrayed as a bit "bumbling" here, not as I remember him in the books!

£1.00 in 1946 would be valued at £29.38 today (2021)

12:56 Looks like Watson picked up a pocket hanky in his suite pocket along the way.

Smooth, as cool a customer as they come, way to go Basil

Poor Stinky. Just when things were getting promising.

These crooks are about to find out what can go horribly wrong for them

Thank you .

Not a patch on Jeremy Brett but a great watch....real films....Happy days.

love the show

02.29.2023 Just for a few moments, Dr. Watson reminded me of the Wizard of Oz. Frank Morgan, I believe his name was.

Why did they make Watson so feeble minded? The actor is very good but I much prefer more intelligent versions.

Interesting the amount of smoke in this film. First shot of Holmes and Watson is of Holmes in front of a fireplace and Watson smoking a pipe. A bit later, Sherlock Holmes lights up his pipe. Holmes manages to track down our villain Hilda Courtney via some ashes left behind the first time she & her cohorts tried to steal the music box Holmes had gotten. While at Courtney's flat, he is offered a cigarette of the same variety. And while driving to his scheduled death, Holmes asks for a cigarette in a ploy to get the key. Then Holmes is almost killed via smoke from some device placed on an automobile engine. Meanwhile a smoke bomb is used by Ms. Courtney in a 2nd successful attempt to swipe the music box at 221B. While Holmes is trying to break the code of the musical boxes, he is smoking away on his pipe which Watson even comments on. Perhaps this film should have been called: "Sherlock Holmes Faces Smoke".

Favorite SH

thanks for sharing

I still feel that Sherlock Holmes works best in the 19th century; obviously a huge amount of money is saved setting it contemporaneously, but there’s something sinister in the atomic structure of Victorian London (one of the major losses of electrification; atmosphere). As for Rathbone, a character only possible in late British imperium; ie an actual gent. Here in mesmeric intensity that defines Holmes. Interesting that the part is regarded as a curse in Britain (Jeremy Brett was warned to go nowhere near it) apparently because of the effects of letting that personality into your head. It’s not easy to play the clown and Bruce did it well. A shame he was obliged to.

somehow these two fit best for the roles

The movies is so good they need to be the longer

Back then no gentleman would seat with the chauffeur, even in the USA

I wonder if these films in the series were filmed in the UK during the war years or in the US?

Dr. Watson was really slow...how could Holmes put up with him without being snide?

Basil Rathbone is THE Sherlock Holmes!!!!

Pity that none of the Rathbone/Bruce flicks included “The Woman” in them.