Holmes and Watson board a passenger train bound from London to Edinburgh, to guard the Star of Rhodesia, an enormous diamond worth a fortune belonging to an elderly woman of wealth; but within the first hour of the trip, the woman's son is murdered and the diamond stolen and any of the passengers in their car could be the killer thief.
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Basil Rathbone | Sherlock Holmes |
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Nigel Bruce | Dr. John H. Watson |
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Alan Mowbray | Maj. Duncan-Bleek |
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Dennis Hoey | Inspector Lestrade |
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Renee Godfrey | Vivian Vedder |
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Frederick Worlock | Prof. William Kilbane |
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Mary Forbes | Lady Margaret Carstairs |
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Skelton Knaggs | Sands |
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Billy Bevan | Train Attendant |
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Geoffrey Steele | Roland Carstairs |
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Gilbert Allen | Dining Car Steward |
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Harry Cording | Mock |
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Boyd Davis | Inspector MacDonald |
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Gerald Hamer | Alfred Shallcross |
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Leyland Hodgson | Train Conductor |
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Stuart Holmes | Man on Train Platform |
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Colin Kenny | Constable |
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Charles Knight | Guard |
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Janet Murdoch | Mrs. Shallcross |
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Tom Pilkington | Baggage Car Attendant |
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Alexander Pollard | Steward |
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C. Aubrey Smith | Elderly Gentleman on Train Station |
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Bobby Wissler | Mock's Son |
Director | Roy William Neill |
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Writer | Frank Gruber, Arthur Conan Doyle | |
Producer | Howard Benedict, Roy William Neill | |
Photography | Maury Gertsman |