SILVER BLAZE aka Murder At The Baskevilles (1937) Arthur Wontner & Judy Gunn | Crime, Mystery | B&W

Silver Blaze is a 1937 British, black-and-white crime and mystery film, based loosely on Arthur Conan Doyle's 1892 short story "The Adventure of Silver Blaze". It was directed by Thomas Bentley, and was produced by Twickenham Film Studios Productions. It stars Arthur Wontner as Sherlock Holmes, and Ian Fleming as Dr. Watson.[1] In the United States, the film was released in 1941 by Astor Pictures, where it was also known as Murder at the Baskervilles, retitled by distributors to capitalize on the success of the Basil Rathbone Holmes film, The Hound of the Baskervilles.[2]

It is the last film in the 1931–1937 film series starring Wontner as Sherlock Holmes.

SYNOPSIS
Sherlock Holmes takes a vacation and visits his old friend Sir Henry Baskerville. His vacation ends when he suddenly finds himself in the middle of a double-murder mystery. Now he's got to find Professor Moriarty and the horse Silver Blaze before the great cup final horse race.

CAST & CREW
Arthur Wontner as Sherlock Holmes
Ian Fleming as Dr. Watson
Lyn Harding as Professor Moriarty
John Turnbull as Inspector Lestrade
Robert Horton as Col. Ross
Lawrence Grossmith as Sir Henry Baskerville
Judy Gunn as Diana Baskerville
Arthur Macrae as Jack Trevor
Arthur Goullet as Col. Sebastian Moran
Martin Walker as James Straker
Eve Gray as Mrs. Mary Straker
Gilbert Davis as Miles Stanford
Minnie Rayner as Mrs. Hudson
D. J. Williams as Silas Brown
Ralph Truman as Bert Prince

Directed by Thomas Bentley
Written by Arthur Conan Doyle (story "The Adventure of Silver Blaze"), H. Fowler Mear (adaptation), Arthur Macrae
Produced by Julius Hagen
Cinematography Sydney Blythe, William Luff
Edited by Michael C. Chorlton, Alan Smith
Music by H. Baynton Power
Distributed by Associated British Picture Corporation
Release date July 1937
Running time 71 minutes
USA: 65 minutes (TCM print)
Country United Kingdom
Language English