The Pearl of Death

  • Thriller
  • Mystery
  • Crime
8/1/1944
69
NR

The master minds tackle the master crimes!

The famous Borgia Pearl, a valuable gem with a history of bringing murder and misfortune to its owner since the days of the Borgias, is brought to London, thanks in part to Sherlock Holmes. But before long the jewel is stolen, due to an error on Holmes' part, and shortly thereafter, a series of horrible murders begin, the murderer leaving his victims with their spines snapped and surrounded by a mass of smashed china.

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  • Geronimo1967

    Having safely snaffled the blood-steeped Borgia Pearl from the dastardly clutches of Giles Conover (Miles Mander) Holmes (Basil Rathbone) is hoist by his own petard when his rather pompous illustration to the museum curator of the flaws of electronic security systems only sees it stolen again! This time, he and Watson (Nigel Bruce) have to try to track it down whilst the smug Lestrade (Dennis Hoey) has a laugh at their expense. They really havent much clue, until a man is murdered in a particularly violent fashion and his body found amidst some smashed china. Then another, then another - all with broken crockery. Holmes reckons this might be the clue, but its a jigsaw puzzle just to put together one of the fragments of one of the items, the...

    June 30, 2022

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