SHERLOCK HOLMES movies | THE PEARL OF DEATH (1944) full movie | Basil Rathbone, Sherlock film series 

I can NEVER get enough of Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. I think it says a lot about their friendship in the sense that Basil refused to play Sherlock without Nigel by his side… When Nigel Bruce was to ill to act any more Basil Rathbone refused to work on any more Sherlock films without him. A loyal friend.

Not a fan of b&w movies, not terribly into Sherlock Holmes... I was born in the 80's, so it's not nostalgia. I've never seen this before, and yet I found it WILDLY entertaining. No blood. No gore. no intense action or fx extravaganzas... And still I was glued to the screen. Thanks for that.

"The Creeper" was played by Rondo Hatton. Born in 1894 (he was 49 years old here), he had a rough go of it. Not only was he exposed to poison gas in World War I, which injured his lungs, he developed acromegaly, which causes deformation of the bones in the head, hands and feet. He was a reporter for the Tampa Tribune and one of his assignments was to write a piece on the filming of "Hell Harbor." While there, his disfigurement caught the eye of the movie's director, Henry King, who offered Hatton a role. He moved to Hollywood and got a few bit parts, almost all uncredited, until he landed this role. After this, Universal had big plans for him in their horror films but, sadly, Hatton had two heart attacks the year after "The Pearl of Death" was released and died in 1946 at 51 years of age.

Delicious! Simple, dramatic, no wild car chases, no nudity, no gross conduct, yet realistic and very credible. Nothing like these older gems.

Never get tired of Rathbone and Bruce and their chemistry acting together: I also listen to the audio CDs of some of their most popular cases : "Well done, Holmes!" :)

Nigel Bruce was just lovable as Watson. and Basil Rathbone, will forever be Sherlock Holmes.

The lines in these SH movies are exceptional! Beautifully written script, first-class acting interjected with humour even way back then. These movies are a delight to see. Can never get enough of this duo...Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. Kudos to the entire crew. Thanks for uploading!

'And I don't like the smell of you either, that underground smell, the sick sweetness of decay.' Now thats good writing delivered by a highly talented actor.

What a masterpiece! Rathbone and Bruce are simply incredible as Holmes and Watson. Love everything about these movies. Can't get enough of them. Thanks .

It doesn't matter who played Homes and Watson before 1944, today, and in the future. There will be no one better in those roles than Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. Nuff said.

Dr. Watson is such an adorable bumbler! Nigel Bruce played him beautifully!

Man i missed these Sherlock Holmes films from when they were on every late Sunday mornings a few years ago. Love the old flicks.

The classic Sherlock Holmes is more entertaining than New One, Basil Rathbone is awesome.

There's something about old black & white films like this over modern day colour and computer graphics, can't explain it.. It just has a splendour of it's own.

Basil Rathbone was the Best Sherlock Holmes of all the actors to take on the role, just as Johnny Weismiller was the Best Tarzan & Sean Connery the Best 007.

I tune in when I can’t sleep and it works great. I’ve seen them all several times and just find comfort in their accents or something.

They are classics. I’ve been watching since I was a teenager when they were on Friday late night tv. I watched them a million times and probably a million times more. It’s like comfort food.

So many great memories watched these on Friday nights when we were allowed to stay up late. Just wonderful.

I remember a classmate of mine printed a picture of Sherlock Holmes with Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce in the said roles when I was nine years old. Basil Rathbone was in his robe, seated, pondering, while holding his pipe, with Nigel Bruce standing next to him as they talked. Both Basil Rathbone and Ronald Howard were the ones I remember who brought the man to life in their own ways, therefore, they both have a special place in my heart as Sherlock Holmes.

Those who have played Sherlock Holmes since 1893: Charles Brookfield - 1893 William Gillette - 1899-1930 - 1300 Performances over 30 yrs. Sherlock Holmes movie Baffled - 1900 Silent/Short - Max Goldberg John F. Preston - 1900 Charles Rice - 1904 Karoly Baumann - 1905 Maurice Costello - 1905 Viggo Larsen - 1908 Alwin NeuB - 1908, 1911, 1914 Otto Lagoni - 1910 Holger Rasmussen - 1911 Mack Sennett - 1911-1912 George Treville - 1912 Harry Benham - 1913 James Bragington - 1914 Francis Ford - 1914 H.A. Saintbury - 1916 Hugo Flink - 1917 Sam Robinson - 1918 Eille Norwood - 1921 Silent short movie - The Dying Detective Burt Lytell - 1921 Dennis Neillson-Terry - 1921 John Barrymore - 1922 Hamilton Deane - 1923-1932 Tod Slaughter - 1928, 1930 Richard Gordon - 1930-1933, 1936 Clive Brook - 1929/1930/1932 Arthur Wontner - 1931- 1937 - Movie Series Raymond Massey - 1931 Robert Rendel - 1932 Reginald Owen - 1933 Felix Alymer - 1933 Louis Hector - 1934-1935, 1937 Bruno Guttner - 1937, 1939, 1942-1943 Orson Welles - 1938 Basil Rathbone - 1939-1946 Cedric Hardwick - 1945 Tom Conway - 1947 Howard Marion-Crawford - 1948 John Stanley - 1948-1949 Alan Napier - 1949 John Longden - 1951 Laidman Browne - 1951 Carleton Hobbs - 1952-1969 Ronald Howard - 1954 (39 episodes) Sir John Gielgud - 1954-1955 Christopher Lee - 1962, 1970, 1992 Douglas Wilmer - 1964 Peter Cushing - 1959, 1968, 1984 John Neville - 1965, 1970, 1978 Robert Stephens - 1970 Stewart Granger - 1972 John Cleese - 1973 Larry Hagman - 1974 Robert Powell - 1974 John Wood - 1974-1975 Dinsdale Landen - 1974 Leonard Nimoy - 1976 Kevin McCarthy - 1977 Roger Moore - 1976 Nicol Williamson - 1976 Christopher Plummer - 1977 Peter Cook - 1977 Paxton Whitehead - 1978 Barry Foster - 1978 Geoffrey Whitehead - 1979-1980 Graham Armitage - 1979-1980, 1985 Keith Mitchell - 1979 Charlton Heston - 1980 Frank Langella - 1980 Vasily Livanov - Russian TV - 1979-1981, 1983 & 1986 John Moffatt - 1981 Guy Henry - 1982 Tom Baker - 1982 Ian Richardson - 1983 Peter O’Toole - 1983 (animated TV films - Australian) Jeremy Brett - 1984-1994 Nicholas Rowe - 1984 Dinsdale Landen - 1987 Guy Rolfe - 1984 Tim Pigott-Smith - 1987 Anthony Higgins - 1987 Michael Pennington - 1987 Roger Rees - 1988 Ron Moody - 1988-1989 Clive Merrison - 1989-1998, 2002, 2004, 2008-2010 Edward Woodward - 1990 Simon Callow - 1990 Richard E. Grant 1992 Robert Powell - 1993 Patrick McNee - 1993 Anthony Higgins - 1993 1998-2019: John Gilbert - Episodes 1-18 Lawrence Albert - Episode 20 John Patrick Lowrie - Episodes 21-65 & 67-until Dennis Bateman - Episode 66 Jason Gray-Stanford - 1999-2001 - Animation for Kids Matt Frewer - 2000-2001 Joaquim de Almeida - 2001 Richard Roxburgh - 2002 James D’Arcy - 2002 Andrew Sachs - 2004 Rupert Everett - 2004 Jonathan Pryce - 2007 Javier Marzan - 2007 Roger Llewellyn - 2009 Ben Syder - 2010 Johnny Lee Miller - 2012-2019 Benjamin Lawlor - 2013 Igor Petrenko - Russian TV Series - 2013 Robert Downey Jr. 2009 & 2011 Benedict Cumberbatch - 2010-2016 Nicholas Briggs - 2010-2018 Seamus Dever - 2014 Ian McKellen - 2015 Euan Morton - 2015 Gregory Wooddell - 2015 Paul Andrew Goldsmith - 2015-2016 Ewen Bremner - 2016 Jay Taylor - 2017-2018 Yuko Takeuchi - 2018 (HBO Asia - female ‘Holmes’) Orlando Wells - 2018 Samuel Tady - 2011, 2014, 2017-2018 (Tady Bros. Productions/on YTube) Johnny Depp - 2018 (animation) Will Ferrell - 2018 Nicholas Boulton - 2020 Henry Cavill - 2020 Ethan Bell - 2020 (Fan Film on RU-vid) Ethan Thomas Jung - 2020 Fan Adv. (Vagabond Repertory Theater Company-RU-vid) This list is not exhaustive. however, these are some of the many actors who have played Sherlock Holmes on stage, screen, radio and TV adaptations.

Nigel Bruce... a style of acting ahead of his time

Undoubtedly the best Sherlock and Watson ever!!!

Basil Rathbone is Sherlock Holmes in my memory. Watson is played so well and adds that comic relief just when it is needed. Nigel Bruce plays the good Doctor better than anyone. What a pair. Happy Trails

Cold weather + hot soup + Sherlock Holmes 💜 having a great time today😍💜

Basil Rathbone, 2 times British Army Fencing Champion

Love Basil Rathbone...he IS Holmes!

They don't make movies like this anymore. I just love them.

"What you need dear is a sedative ." Watson being helpful.

Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce were the best of the Sherlock Holmes Series, I've watched the movies hundreds of times!

When Holmes says "come along Watson. Our usefulness here has ended" it's a polite way of saying Listrade is too dim to pick up what Holmes is laying down. Polite and eloquent burn.

Basil is STILL my favorite Sherlock. Rondo Hatton, aka The Creeper, suffered from acromegaly, a pitituary disorder which caused a distortion to hands, feet and facial features. Hatton was 5'9". He passed in 1946 at age 52.

Absolutely brilliant these films, kept me sane throughout the miserable pandemic. I wish there was more, 14 films is nowhere near enough

I always love a Sherlock Holmes marathon.

The last sentences were so true! Sir Arthur Conan Doyle said it all. It will go on till the greed and cruelty are burnt out of every one of them.. It's still going on..😔

A good 🎥 in a clear print,Nigel mumbling Bruce as Watson is comical genius😆

These are awesome movies with what can only be called great acting with amazing actors. Where is this today.?

A truly brilliant Sherlock Holmes movie.

People spoke so clearly in those days...

There is no doubt no equal to this duo and watching them the most fun, a silver lining for a cloud.

I love the old movies bring back memories of my youth, being that said especially Sherlock Holmes. Can watch them over and over and will do just that. These black and white movies are the bomb. 💖💖😊😊 BACK DOWN MEMORY LANE.

There are certain series that I wish they made more of like this one with Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce.

The best Sherlock and only Sherlock and Watson team ever,hands down.

Basil Rathbone is my favorite Sherlock holmes

The best late night movies ever made.popcorn warm blanket.best Saturday night ever.

Basil Rathbone the definitive and BEST Sherlock Holmes. Many imitations like Howard and Brett but not came remotely close To Basil Rathbone's portrayal and quick sharp deductive powers of reasoning.

59:12 The cat actually sat and bowed to the monster!🤭 What better way to pass the time during this partial lockdown period. The greatest crime buster and his sidekick! A big thank you to all the frontliners worldwide!🙏☮️

Such soothing pleasure even to watch repeatedly after years.

Rathbone and Bruce..What a wonderful combination..The best when it comes to Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. I'm a big fan !!!! Can't get enough of the B&W films !!!

When I were a little lad at Robert Blair School at the back of Caledonian Road in the London Borough of Islington, I had in my possession a gorgeous milky white marble that looked exactly like the Borgia pearl, and it was almost stolen from me on a number of occasions but there were no deaths.

When I visualize Sherlock and Watson in my mind ! I always see Basil and Nigel ! Great upload !

Masterpiece. Writers. Hands down. The. Best. Mysteries.

these films remind me of the fun i had reading Tintin as a young girl - same sort of delightful characters and intriguing plot lines - BRAVO!

Love these Holmes movies! Anyone binge watching?

The story may be simple, the production values may be old fashioned, but the grammar is perfect.

These films are incredible-- been watching for over 60 yrs

I watched these as a child growing up in the 70s and loved them. I don't remember this one. Great to see a new one.

"I'm as stiff as a varnished eel" lol

This was made when actors could film scenes lasting more than 2 seconds...in other words, they were actors. These days, well..oh brother don't get me started.

Black and white is SO spooky. We used to watch these on a black and white tv in the dark on Sunday nights when we were supposed to be in bed! I’m much older now and Basil and Nigel bring back so many good memories for me. I can’t bear today’s scary movies, I’m likely to have a coronary. These are just my speed and I love them.

I know is an overused cliche, but these films are so wholesome. There is no special effect grandeur, massive sets or anything like that. Just actors acting on a small set. Black and white forced the creative expert use of light and shadows. You can see the influence of stage plays on these early films and why so many actors go back to Royal Shakespeare and Broadway.

Basil and Nigel are the best!

Giles Conover!!!...love saying that name. ."Creepah!"..o God I've seen these so many times..I never tire of them..they're like comfort food..Holmes and the old Universal monster movies.

True class Basil and Bruce are timeless i feel sorry for people who only give what there told to watch a chance. god bless youtube and pop culture. sir aurthur c would be proud. peace

OMG! The face on the Creeper is really something unbelievable!! I truly do feel so sorry for Rondo Hatton who played the Creeper, and him having to to through life with a face like that! WOW, it really takes guts, and I'm sure that he is a really nice guy.

Well my young friend born in the 80's , your critique and appreciation for this form of artwork is noteworthy.... However, keep watching these and you will soon appreciate the depth and lush and richness of the black and white film... You are correct in noting the absence of blood and gore. Doesn't need it when you combine flawless acting, good script writing and actors that appear to love what they do

Thank you for sharing these wonderful basil rathbone/nigel Bruce films, you don't need cgi to make a good film !!

These movies are very great.... Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce are and were the Best individuals for the Sherlock Holmes movies. I watch these movies very frequently, the intelligence and the astuteness of Holmes is always intriguing and adventurous....!

Nigel Bruce is so funny!! "Lestrade couldn't see the stripes on a zebra"

Really enjoyed this film once again always looking forward to the next adventures of Sherlock Homes and Dr Watson. The actors are the best ever to portray Holmes and Watson no other actors come close to ever bringing the characters to life.

Fantastic clear upload, thank you. I've seen these so many times and never tire. Basil is my Sherlock....❤

"The doctor won't allow me to smoke cigarettes" . Pulls out a massive cigar lol

Miles Mander was so superb as Jiles Conover in "The Pearl of Death" and as Judge Brisson in "The Scarlet Claw" What a joy it is to watch his excellent acting in those two Sherlock Holmes films! The way he plays Jiles Conover impersonating Lord Farnsworth's uncle when Conover goes to Holmes and Watson's 221B Baker Street apartment to drop off a hidden knife-throwing mechanism inside a first folio of Dr. Samuel Johnson's dictionary as a "gift" of thanks to Holmes for solving the Lord Farnsworth case is a great scene in the film because of his reactions to Watson's laughable attempts to prove to Conover that Watson has the same deductive capability as Holmes!

"I have watched these 📽️🎥 films for 65 years, still like it"!

I love how Basil Hawthorne was perfection in his disguises. He's the only Sherlock Holmes that I've seen pull it off even 81 yrs later.

The closing scene with Holmes and Watson is moving... Nigel Bruce´s expression is remarkably sober and yet fully of empathy as he listens and looks intently at Holmes, whilst Holmes final words are chillingly as relevant today as they were in 1944. Brilliant acting.

It may sound like an overused expression, but it is so true that they don't make great movies anymore like the Universal Studios' Sherlock Holmes films starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce! Today's theatrical films are all about car chases, explosions, computer-generated special effects, excessive violence and foul language!

To me this film is the best display of Holmes' affection for Watson.

These old classics are creepier than today's bloody splattered excuses

"Electricity, the high priest of false security".

Best movies were in 30's/40's. Best acting. Best everything.

Gotta love these old Sherlock Holmes films. Thank you for sharing.

Holmes' closing lines, so pertinent

Grew up on the old movies still luv them

Wonderful old classic. Watching these films during this pandemic makes time fly!

BASIL RATHBONE IS SERLOCK HOLMES!, ..ELIMENTARY MY DEAR WATSON.

Rondo Hatton was born in my hometown, Hagerstown, MD. Florence McMichael who did movies and TV in the 50s was born here too. Clare Eames, a silent movie star from a prominent local family and Conrad Brooks, of Ed Wood movie fame are both buried here. I met Conrad once or twice and had a nice phone call from him years ago. He lived right across the Potomac River in West Virginia.

The actor who played the role of Sgt. Bleeker in the Sherlock Holmes film, "The Pearl of Death" was probably the same actor who played Sgt. Bleeker in the Holmes film, "House of Fear". Interesting twist at the end of "Pearl of Death" in which Holmes briefly loses control of the situation when Jiles Conover cleverly dislodged the electrical cord knocking out the light in the room in the doctor's house and wrestled Holmes' gun away from Holmes and then Holmes had to bluff the Creeper into believing that Naomi Drake killed Dr.Watson in order to get the Creeper to attack Jiles Conover. Great Sherlock Holmes film! One of the best in the series of 12 Universal Studios' Sherlock Holmes films.

Lestrade lol @ Hiolmes at around 17:22 cracks me up everytime!!! 😅😅😅

These are classics they don’t make good movies today like this thank goodness for these great classics

Basil & Nijel are superb. Basil is the best Sherlock Holmes. But these are the conglomeration of different stories or different from the original stories. Yet these are the best.

Great films. Nigel Bruce is a hoot and Basil Rathbone is Sherlock. A magnificent on screen pairing.

That was Ian Wolfe as the proprietor of the art shop, who also played an art dealer in "Sherlock Holmes in Washington." He is probably best remembered today as Mr. Atoz and Septimus, from the Star Trek episodes "All Our Yesterdays" and "Bread and Circuses," respectively.

"..... isn't worth a brass farthing". ".... or I'm a Dutchman". Loved the message written on the plate! "Kippers... I'm as hungry as a bee on a flower". "Couldn't even see the stripes on a zebra." "Eureka!"

The man who played The Creeper was Rondo Hatton. He was diagnosed with a rare disease named Acromegaly, which is caused by the enlargement of the Pituitary gland. This enlargement causes excess growth hormones to be sent through the body, which in turn causes the bone and muscle tissue to increase beyond what is considered as normal. Another recognizable actor struck by this disease was Andre the giant. Andre passed away at just 46 years of age, while Rondo lived to be only five years older than him at 51.

I love these two! Amazing dynamic duo! 🥰♥️🥳

The scene where the pearl was removed and the windows locking down reminded me of the Thomas Crown Affair

A classic. Thanks for sharing!

these are my favourite sherlock holmes adaptations, for umpteen reasons. evergreen. a thing of beauty is a joy forever.

The gag with Watson repeatedly eating the pearl to keep it safe killed me 😂😂😂

This is one of the latter movies. made in the 1940's set in the 1940's. Bazil didn't like the plots and he was right, but he put his all into them anyways till he quit.