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
Direction Roy William Neill
Cast Basil Rathbone · Nigel Bruce · Patricia Morison · Edmund Breon
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
Direction Roy William Neill
Cast Dorothy Dalton · Edmund Lowe · Fred Starr · Tom Guise
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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...
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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...
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