The Woman in Green

Infobox Film
name = The Woman in Green


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director = Roy William Neill
producer =
writer = Arthur Conan Doyle
Bertram Millhauser
narrator =
starring = Basil Rathbone
Nigel Bruce
distributor = Universal Studios
released = 27 July 1945
runtime = 68 mins.
country = USA
language = English
preceded_by = "Sherlock Holmes and the House of Fear"
followed_by = "Pursuit to Algiers"
amg_id = 1:55070
imdb_id = 0038259

"The Woman in Green" (1945) is a Sherlock Holmes film starring Basil Rathbone as Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson, with Henry Daniell as Professor Moriarty, and Hillary Brooke in support. It is partly based on Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Adventure of the Empty House". It the 11th film of the Rathbone/Bruce series.

Plot

When Moriarity (Daniell) hatches another scheme, Holmes and Watson are once again called into action. The scheme is removing women's forefingers. Sir George Fenwick, after a romantic night alone with his girlfriend Lydia, is hypnotized into believing that he is responsible for removing the forefingers. He is certain that he has done it after he finds one in his pocket. His daughter comes to Holmes and Watson (She doesn't know that Moriarity is following her. Holmes discovers this when he sees a taxi following her. However, the person inside sees him and parks at an empty house. Why would he want to be there?), and tells them that she found her father putting a forefinger under a pile of soil. Fenwick is then found dead. Holmes believes that Moriarity is responsible for the crimes. Watson is then called to help a woman get her baby out. Minutes later, Moriarity appears and explains that he called Watson so he could talk to Holmes. He then leans one of the chairs back. Holmes sees an open window, which is directly across the window of the empty house and the chair! He does not sit in the chair. When Moriarity leaves, Watson arrives. Holmes explains what Moriarity did, and tells Watson to explore the empty house. Inside the empty house Watson sees a sniper shoot Holmes! Holmes then appears and explains that he put a statue there because he knew as soon as he sat there, that would be the end of Sherlock Holmes. Lestrade takes the sniper-an hypnotized ex-soldier- away, but he is killed a little while later on Holmes doorstep! Holmes, who now has a plan, makes friends with Lydia. She takes him to her house, where he is hypnotized! Moriarity, who is helping Lydia, tells him to jump off the building. Watson and the police then appear and grab the criminals. Holmes then reveals he wasn't really hypnotized. Moriarity then escapes from the hold of a policeman and jumps from the top of Lydia's house to another building. However, he hangs onto a pipe which becomes loose from the building, causing Moriarity to fall, possibly to his death.

Cast

* Basil Rathbone – Sherlock Holmes
* Nigel Bruce – Dr. Watson
* Hillary Brooke – Lydia Marlowe
* Henry Daniell – Professor Moriarty
* Paul Cavanagh – Sir George Fenwick
* Matthew Boulton – Inspector Gregson
* Eve Amber – Maude Fenwick
* Frederick Worlock – Dr. Onslow
* Tom Bryson – Corporal Williams
* Sally Shepherd – Crandon, Marlowe's maid
* Mary Gordon – Mrs. Hudson

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