re: These Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes on Youtube r pretty good.

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I think most people rank "The Scarlet Claw" (1944) highest, as it has a rather memorably horror-tinged feel to it. But it's not my favorite.

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I basically have the same sentiments. Technically speaking The Scarlet Claw is the only one that probably surpasses "B-movie" status, but my particular favorite is The Woman in Green. It has a clever plot with hypnosis and blackmail, and I loved Henry Daniell as Moriarty. I think I read that it was Rathbone's favorite as well.

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Sherlock Holmes Faces Death

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Halliwell Hobbes was brilliant as the butler in that film.

I adore the series and I own the whole set.