Karry Best movie of this year hands down!

Matrixston Wow! Such a good movie.

Plustown A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

Fatma Suarez The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

one-nine-eighty Based on "The Adventure of the Six Napoleons" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle this film brings Rathbone and Bruce back as Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. Crooks are after a valuable Pearl, it's up to Holmes and Watson to stop the pearl finding it's way into the clutches of the wrong doers. But as Holmes makes an uncharacteristic mistake the upper hand is lost and Holmes and Watson are soon forced to take up the chase. Can they get the pearl before murderous consequences occur? As with the other Rathbone and Bruce films performances here are solid. Dennis Hoey supports well as the bumbling Lestrade, as do Evelyn Ankers and Miles Mander as Naomi Drake and Giles Conover. Shot by Universal and directed by Roy William Neill this is 9th of 14 films with Rathbone and Bruce taking the lead. This is a straight forward Sherlock Holmes story and therefor it's one of the better ones that Universal pumped out, no Nazi's or dinosaurs in sight - although there is the Creeper, but the less said about that the better. It feels more upbeat in pace than others in the series, it feels like reading a comic at times where the hero is trying to keep up and then get ahead of the bad guys. I enjoyed this and like the other films in the series its guaranteed to add to a wonderful lazy Sunday afternoon. A lovely mystery and suspense film with a chase style pace to it. Enjoy.

alexanderdavies-99382 "The Pearl of Death" is one of my favourite "Sherlock Holmes" films with Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. In this film, Holmes manages to make a considerable blunder near the beginning. Lestrade makes the most of it! We know that the Baker Street sleuth shall redeem himself. There is excitement, thrills, a pretty good script and a good atmosphere. Miles Mander is a great villain as the criminal mastermind Giles Coniver. Including Rondo Hatton as the Creeper was inspired. The attempt by Evelyn Ankers in putting on a Cockney accent are cringeworthy. As with most "Sherlock Holmes" films from this period, the pace rarely lets up.

MartinHafer This Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce entry in the Sherlock Holmes series is a bit unusual because the crime is made possible due to Holmes' hubris and stupidity. After successfully stealing the stolen Borgia Pearl from some crooks, Holmes quickly disables the alarm system in the museum that is now housing it. He intends to demonstrate how shoddy the system is...but instead the crook who previously was responsible for its theft uses this as a chance to steal it once again!! Not surprisingly, Holmes investigates so that he can redeem himself. As is too often the case, the incredibly brain dead Lestrade is on hand to do nothing of any value!. And, equally stupid is Watson...a severe weakness throughout this series.After the pearl is stolen, the mystery as to its whereabouts is straight from the Conan Doyle story "The Adventure of the Six Napoleons". An unknown brute of monstrous strength is literally snapping the backs of folks who are unfortunate enough to get between him and a group of cheap statues...all in an effort to recover the pearl.I think this film has some strengths and severe weaknesses. I am thrilled that unlike most of the wartime Holmes movies, this one is NOT about him fighting the Nazis. On the other hand, Holmes is much dumber than usual...as is just about all the good guys. Not only is it Holmes' fault that the pearl was stolen, he later acted like a complete idiot after he received a booby-trapped book. He knows it to be a device designed to kill him and yet opens it with a cane. Had there been a bomb inside, it STILL would have easily killed him! You can only assume that Holmes had ESP!!! As for the mystery as to the pearl's whereabouts, it's nice but as I said, the audience will quickly guess it if they've read the Conan Doyle story.Overall, this is enjoyable yet often stupid--and cannot at all be compared to the great television versions of Sherlock Holmes starring Jeremy Brett. Worth seeing but the writing is too filled with holes to mean much of anything.

AaronCapenBanner Basil Rathbone & Nigel Bruce return as Sherlock Holmes & Doctor Watson in this fine entry, based on the short story 'The Six Napoleons'. Master criminal Giles Conover robs a museum after Holmes makes an uncharacteristic mistake. Embarrassed, he resolves to retrieve the stolen pearl, but Conover's immense henchman The Creeper(played by Rondo Hatten, who suffered from a disfiguring disease in real life) is smashing sculptures where Conover had hidden it, but was unable to retrieve in time. Evelyn Ankers costars as his accomplice. Another atmospheric and exciting entry with The Creeper being used well, and returning series actress Evelyn Ankers is good in a different role.