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Basil Rathbone

Basil Rathbone

British actor (1892-1967)
June 13, 1892 (July 21, 1967)
U.S. 1966. Comedy by Don Weis with Tommy Kirk, Deborah Walley, Basil Rathbone. In order to make it to heaven, a deceased millionaire must prevent a usurper from seizing his fortune at the expense of his legitimate heirs.
Runtime: 82 min.

Le croque-mort s'en mêle

V.O.: The Comedy of Terrors
U.S. 1963. Comedy by Jacques Tourneur with Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Basil Rathbone. A bankrupt mortician arranges for rich people to die.
Runtime: 86 min.

Pontius Pilate

V.O.: Ponzio Pilato
It. 1962. Biblical drama by Irving Rapper with Jean Marais, Basil Rathbone, Jeanne Crain. The story of the Roman procurator who condemned Jesus.
Runtime: 102 min.
G.-B. 1962. Tale by Bert I. Gordon with Basil Rathbone, Gary Lockwood, Estelle Winwood. With the help of a magic sword, a young man tries to free a princess kidnapped by a mage.
Runtime: 80 min.
G.-B. 1955. Horror by Reginald Le Borg with Basil Rathbone, Akim Tamiroff, Lon Chaney Jr.. In 1870, an English surgeon performs strange operations on human brains.
Runtime: 82 min.
U.S. 1955. Comedy by Melvin Frank, Norman Panama with Danny Kaye, Glynis Johns, Basil Rathbone. A patriot disguises himself as a jester in order to enter the castle of a usurper.
U.S. 1954. Comedy by Norman McLeod with Bob Hope, Joan Fontaine, Basil Rathbone. A modest tailor pretends to be Casanova.
G.-B. 1946. Crime drama by Roy William Neill with Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Patricia Morison. Private detective Sherlock Holmes searches for stolen engraving plates from the Bank of England.
Runtime: 76 min.
U.S. 1946. Crime drama by Roy William Neill with Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Alan Mowbray. Private detective Sherlock Holmes tries to foil a jewel thief.
Runtime: 60 min.
U.S. 1945. Crime drama by Roy William Neill with Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Hillary Brooke. Detective Sherlock Holmes is called on to expose a murderer.
Runtime: 68 min.
U.S. 1945. Crime drama by Roy William Neill with Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Aubrey Mather. Detective Sherlock Holmes investigates the murders of members of a private club.
Runtime: 69 min.
U.S. 1945. Crime drama by Roy William Neill with Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Marjorie Riordan. Private detective Sherlock Holmes serves as a bodyguard to the young heir of an Arab emirate.
Runtime: 65 min.
U.S. 1945. Comedy by Sam Wood with Ginger Rogers, Basil Rathbone, Jean-Pierre Aumont. A young burglar charged with stealing a compromising item from a diplomat falls in love with him.
G.-B. 1944. Crime drama by Roy William Neill with Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Gale Sondergaard. Famous detective Sherlock Holmes searches for a criminal who uses spiders to kill her victims.
Runtime: 63 min.
U.S. 1944. Crime drama by Roy William Neill with Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Evelyn Ankers. Private detective Sherlock Holmes attempts to solve the mystery surrounding the theft of a pearl.
Runtime: 69 min.
U.S. 1944. Crime drama by Roy William Neill with Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Paul Cavanagh. Detective Sherlock Holmes pursues a murderer in the Canadian countryside.
Runtime: 74 min.
U.S. 1944. Musical by George Sidney with Esther Williams, Red Skelton, Basil Rathbone. A composer enrolls as a student at a college for young girls in order to win back his wife's heart.
Runtime: 100 min.
U.S. 1943. Spy drama by Richard Thorpe with Joan Crawford, Fred MacMurray, Basil Rathbone. In 1939, an American couple on their honeymoon in France becomes involved in an espionage case.
U.S. 1943. Crime drama by Roy William Neill with Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Hillary Brooke. Detective Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of murders in an old mansion.
Runtime: 68 min.
U.S. 1943. Crime drama by Roy William Neill with Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Henry Daniell. Private detective Sherlock Holmes searches for a secret document on microfilm.
Runtime: 71 min.
U.S. 1942. Crime drama by Roy William Neill with Basil Rathbone, Lionel Atwill, Nigel Bruce. Detective Sherlock Holmes provides protection for the inventor of a new weapon of war.
Runtime: 68 min.
U.S. 1942. Crime drama by John Rawlins with Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Evelyn Ankers. Detective Sherlock Holmes foils saboteurs who use the radio to accomplish their misdeeds.
Runtime: 65 min.
U.S. 1942. Melodrama by Jack Conway with William Powell, Hedy Lamarr, Basil Rathbone. A French diplomat, who develops amnesia, is the victim of a blackmailer.
Runtime: 83 min.
U.S. 1941. Horror comedy by Albert S. Rogell with Basil Rathbone, Hugh Herbert, Bela Lugosi. Macabre incidents occur in an old mansion where the owner has just died.
Runtime: 70 min.
U.S. 1941. Adventures by Rouben Mamoulian with Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Basil Rathbone. A young aristocrat becomes a masked vigilante to fight against a tyrant.
Runtime: 90 min.
U.S. 1940. Crime drama by Tim Whelan with Basil Rathbone, Ellen Drew, John Howard.
Runtime: 90 min.
U.S. 1940. Spy drama by Tim Whelan with George Brent, Ilona Massey, Basil Rathbone.
U.S. 1939. Crime drama by Alfred L. Werker with Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Ida Lupino.
Runtime: 85 min.
U.S. 1939. Crime drama by Sidney Lanfield with Basil Rathbone, Richard Greene, Wendy Barrie.
Runtime: 80 min.
U.S. 1939. Drama by Rowland V. Lee with Boris Karloff, Basil Rathbone, Nan Grey.
Runtime: 92 min.
U.S. 1938. Adventures by Archie Mayo with Gary Cooper, Sigrid Curie, Basil Rathbone.
Runtime: 102 min.
Runtime: 99 min.
U.S. 1938. War drama by Edmund Goulding with Errol Flynn, David Niven, Basil Rathbone.
Runtime: 102 min.
U.S. 1938. Biography by Frank Lloyd with Ronald Colman, Frances Dee, Basil Rathbone.
Runtime: 101 min.
Runtime: 98 min.
U.S. 1936. Sentimental drama by Richard Boleslawski with Marlene Dietrich, Charles Boyer, Tilly Losch.
Runtime: 85 min.
U.S. 1935. Sentimental drama by Clarence Brown with Greta Garbo, Fredric March, Basil Rathbone.
Runtime: 93 min.
U.S. 1935. Crime drama by George B. Seitz with Aline MacMahon, Basil Rathbone, Mary Carlisle.
Runtime: 76 min.
U.S. 1935. Adventures by Ernest B. Schoedsack with Preston Foster, Basil Rathbone, Alan Hale.
Runtime: 96 min.
Runtime: 119 min.

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