Tag: Roy William Neill

The Scarlet Claw Script

Script by:Roy William Neill (Screenplay), Arthur Conan Doyle (Characters)
Directed by:Roy William Neill
Year:1944
IMDb:tt0037248

Plot:A woman is found dead -- with her throat torn out. Villagers blame a supernatural source but Holmes has other ideas.
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Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man Script

Script by:Curt Siodmak (Screenplay)
Directed by:Roy William Neill
Year:1943
IMDb:tt0035899

Plot:Graverobbers open the grave of the Wolfman and awake him. He doesn't like the idea of being immortal and killing people when the moon is full, so he tries to find Dr. Frankenstein, in the hopes that the Dr. can cure him, but Frankenstein is dead and only his Monster is alive and this one wants to live, not to die like the Wolfman.
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Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon Script

Script by:Edward T. Lowe Jr. (Screenplay), Scott Darling (Screenplay)
Directed by:Roy William Neill
Year:1943
IMDb:tt0035317

Plot:In the midst of World War II, Sherlock Holmes rescues the Swiss inventor of a new bomb-sight from the Gestapo and brings him to England, where he shortly falls into the clutches of Professor Moriarty.
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Sherlock Holmes in Washington Script

Script by:Bertram Millhauser (Writer)
Directed by:Roy William Neill
Year:1943
IMDb:tt0036349

Plot:In World War II, a British secret agent carrying a vitally important document is kidnapped en route to Washington. The British government calls on Sherlock Holmes to recover it.
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The House Of Fear Script

Script by:Roy Chanslor (Screenplay)
Directed by:Roy William Neill
Year:1945
IMDb:tt0037794

Plot:The Good Comrades are a collection of varied gentlemen who crave one thing - solitude. They reside at Drearcliff House, ancestral home of their eldest member. All seems serene and convivial until one by one the members begin to perish in the most grisly of manners. Foul play is suspected by the Good Comrades' insurance agent, who turns to Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson for guidance.
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The Pearl Of Death Script

Script by:Bertram Millhauser (Writer)
Directed by:Roy William Neill
Year:1944
IMDb:tt0037168

Plot: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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