The House of Fear (1945)
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Directors
Roy William Neill
Cast
Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Dennis Hoey, Aubrey Mather, Paul Cavanagh, Harry Cording
The story
Sherlock Holmes is visited by Mr. Chalmers, an insurance agent with a strange tale. Seven single men, calling themselves the "Good Comrades", live together in the remote Scottish castle of Drearcliffe House, near the village of Inverneill.
Genres
Detective Film, crime film, mystery film
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