Direction: Roy William Neill

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Roy William Neill. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Black Angel

1946 · Movie · 81 min. · United States

Direction Roy William Neill

Cast Dan Duryea · June Vincent · Peter Lorre · Broderick Crawford

Plot Singing star Mavis Marlowe is murdered just after receiving a heart shaped ruby brooch. Before Kirk Bennett, who discovers the body, can call the police, the brooch is taken by...

6.8

260 votes

6.8

260 votes

The Black Room

1935 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction Roy William Neill

Cast Boris Karloff · Marian Marsh · Robert Allen · Thurston Hall

Plot Ignoring an ancient prophecy, evil brother Gregor seeks to maintain his feudal power on his his Tyrolean estate by murdering and impersonating his benevolent younger twin.

6.6

118 votes

6.6

118 votes

Sherlock Holmes and the Scarlet Claw

1944 · Movie · 74 min. · United States

Direction Roy William Neill

Cast Basil Rathbone · Nigel Bruce · Gerald Hamer · Paul Cavanagh

Plot A village in Canada has an old legend about a phantom that years ago killed three villagers. Many residents are afraid that the monster has come back, because some of...

6.4

591 votes

6.4

591 votes

The House of Fear

1945 · Movie · 69 min. · United States

Direction Roy William Neill

Cast Basil Rathbone · Nigel Bruce · Aubrey Mather · Dennis Hoey

Plot Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of deaths at a castle with each foretold by the delivery of orange pips to the victims.

6.4

553 votes

6.4

553 votes

Pursuit to Algiers

1945 · Movie · 65 min. · United States

Direction Roy William Neill

Cast Basil Rathbone · Nigel Bruce · Marjorie Riordan · John Abbott

Plot Holmes and Watson are recruited in a serpentine fashion to escort the heir to a European throne back to his native country following his father's assassination. Because the prince has...

6.2

339 votes

6.2

339 votes

The Spider Woman

1943 · Movie · 63 min. · United States

Direction Roy William Neill

Cast Basil Rathbone · Nigel Bruce · Gale Sondergaard · Dennis Hoey

Plot Alarmed by a series of baffling suicides of prominent gamblers popularly dubbed "The Pajama Murders" by the newspapers, Holmes fakes his own death and assumes the identity of Rajni Singh,...

6.2

432 votes

6.2

432 votes

The Pearl of Death

1944 · Movie · 69 min. · United States

Direction Roy William Neill

Cast Basil Rathbone · Nigel Bruce · Dennis Hoey · Evelyn Ankers

Plot When a pearl with a sinister reputation for causing misfortune to its owners is stolen from a museum by a master criminal because of Sherlock Holmes' show-boating, he is naturally...

6.2

394 votes

6.2

394 votes

Dressed to Kill

1946 · Movie · 76 min. · United States

6.2

866 votes

6.2

866 votes

Sherlock Holmes Faces Death

1943 · Movie · 68 min. · United States

Direction Roy William Neill

Cast Basil Rathbone · Nigel Bruce · Dennis Hoey · Halliwell Hobbes

Plot During WWII several murders occur at a convalescent home where Dr. Watson has volunteered his services. He summons Holmes for help and the master detective proceeds to solve the crime...

6.1

368 votes

6.1

368 votes

Terror by Night

1946 · Movie · 58 min. · United States

Direction Roy William Neill

Cast Basil Rathbone · Nigel Bruce · Alan Mowbray · Renee Godfrey

Plot Holmes is hired by Roland Carstairs to prevent the theft of the Star of Rhodesia, an enormous diamond owned by Carstairs' mother, Lady Margaret. Believing the diamond will be stolen...

6.1

745 votes

6.1

745 votes

Sherlock Holmes in Washington

1943 · Movie · 71 min. · United States

Direction Roy William Neill

Cast Basil Rathbone · Nigel Bruce · Marjorie Lord · Henry Daniell

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.

6.1

358 votes

6.1

358 votes

The Woman in Green

1945 · Movie · 68 min. · United States

Direction Roy William Neill

Cast Basil Rathbone · Nigel Bruce · Hillary Brooke · Henry Daniell

Plot Holmes and Watson investigate a series of bizarre and apparently unconnected murders, and the death of a possible suspect. The trail leads to a society of hypnotists and a mysterious,...

6.0

680 votes

6.0

680 votes

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

1942 · Movie · 68 min. · United States

Direction Roy William Neill

Cast Basil Rathbone · Nigel Bruce · Lionel Atwill · Kaaren Verne

Plot The secret weapon is a new bombsight which could hasten the outcome of World War II, and both the Allies and the Nazis are in a desperate race to secure...

6.0

904 votes

6.0

904 votes

Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man

1943 · Movie · 74 min. · United States

Direction Roy William Neill

Cast Ilona Massey · Bela Lugosi · Lionel Atwill · Patric Knowles

Plot In Llanwelly, Wales, grave robbers break into the crypt of Larry Talbot and he is revived by the light of the full moon. But at a hospital in Cardiff, the...

5.5

464 votes

5.5

464 votes

Black Moon

1934 · Movie · 68 min. · United States

Direction Roy William Neill

Cast Jack Holt · Fay Wray · Dorothy Burgess · Cora Sue Collins

Plot A young girl who lives on a tropical island loses her parents to a voodoo sacrifice, but although she manages to escape the island, a curse is put on her....

5.4

22 votes

5.4

22 votes

Gypsy Wildcat

1944 · Movie · 77 min. · United States

Direction Roy William Neill

Cast Maria Montez · Jon Hall · Peter Coe · Nigel Bruce

Plot In an unspecified Renaissance kingdom, no sooner has Anube's gypsy tribe encamped near Baron Tovar's village when Count Orso is found murdered. The wicked baron blames the gypsies and imprisons...

5.0

41 votes

5.0

41 votes

Doctor Syn

1937 · Movie · 78 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Roy William Neill

Cast George Arliss · Margaret Lockwood · John Loder · Roy Emerton

Plot When customs and excise men arrive at the village of Dymchurch in Kent, they uncover an intricate smuggling network being coordinated by the local parson, Dr Syn. Unknown to all...

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Vive la France!

1918 · Movie · 62 min. · United States

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Whirlpool

1934 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction Roy William Neill

Cast Jack Holt · Jean Arthur · Donald Cook · Allen Jenkins

Plot Carnie owner Buck Rankin marries local girl Helen and plans to go straight, but after a brawl ends up with a twenty-year sentence for manslaughter. When a pregnant Helen vows...

Not rated

Not rated

The Viking

1928 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Roy William Neill

Cast Donald Crisp · Pauline Starke · LeRoy Mason · Anders Randolf

Plot Yes, it's true, an all color silent movie! The title refers to Leif Ericsson, who leaves Norway to search for new lands west of Greenland. On the way he vies...

Not rated

Not rated