| The Woman in Green | |
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 1945 theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | Roy William Neill |
| Screenplay by | Bertram Millhauser |
| Based on | characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
| Produced by | Roy William Neill |
| Starring | Basil Rathbone Nigel Bruce |
| Cinematography | Virgil Miller |
| Edited by | Edward Curtiss |
| Music by | Mark Levant |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 68 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Woman in Green is a 1945 American film, the eleventh of the fourteen Basil Rathbone-Nigel Bruce Sherlock Holmes films based on the characters created by Arthur Conan Doyle. Produced and directed by Roy William Neill, it stars Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Bruce as Dr. Watson, with Hillary Brooke as the woman of the title and Henry Daniell as Professor Moriarty. The film follows an original premise with material taken from "The Final Problem" (1893) and "The Adventure of the Cardboard Box .[1]
This was Hillary Brooke's third of three different roles in the Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes films, after Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942) and Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943).[2] Series regular Dennis Hoey's Inspector Lestrade was replaced with Matthew Boulton as Inspector Gregson.[2] This was Henry Daniell's third of three different roles in the Rathbone Sherlock Holmes works, following the aforementioned ... Voice of Terror and Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943).
The film is one of four films in the series which are in the public domain.[3]
- ^ Eyles, Alan (1986). Sherlock Holmes: A Centenary Celebration. Harper & Row. pp. 96-97. ISBN 0-06-015620-1.
- ^ a b Barnes, Alan (2002). Sherlock Holmes on Screen. Reynolds & Hearn Ltd. p. 228. ISBN 1-903111-04-8.
- ^ "The Woman in Green". Public Domain Movies.