Sherlock Holmes gets called in on a case by insurance underwriters who have been paying out policies on a couple of deaths that are highly suspicious. The two men were members of a clique of retired gentlemen who have all taken up residence in the Scottish castle of one of the members Aubrey Mather. The place itself has a sinister reputation from back in the middle ages. A reputation that possibly some more modern sinister forces are taking advantage of.
This Arthur Conan Doyle Story the Five Orange Pips is one of the best received of his Holmes stories. Even after Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce arrive at the castle and later Dennis Hoey as Inspector Lestrade arrives, the deaths still keep coming. All of the members are mutually insured and whomever might survive is going to be worth some considerable cash. The story bears a lot of resemblance to Agatha Christie's Ten Little Indians, maybe Christie got her idea from Conan Doyle.
Some fine members of the Hollywood British colony like Gavin Muir, Holmes Herbert, Harry Cording, and Paul Cavanaugh are some of the gentlemen in residence. And they have a Mrs. Danvers like housekeeper in Sally Shepherd.
One of the best of the Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes series.
This Arthur Conan Doyle Story the Five Orange Pips is one of the best received of his Holmes stories. Even after Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce arrive at the castle and later Dennis Hoey as Inspector Lestrade arrives, the deaths still keep coming. All of the members are mutually insured and whomever might survive is going to be worth some considerable cash. The story bears a lot of resemblance to Agatha Christie's Ten Little Indians, maybe Christie got her idea from Conan Doyle.
Some fine members of the Hollywood British colony like Gavin Muir, Holmes Herbert, Harry Cording, and Paul Cavanaugh are some of the gentlemen in residence. And they have a Mrs. Danvers like housekeeper in Sally Shepherd.
One of the best of the Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes series.