The Devil's Due at Midnight (2004)

Actors: George Kennedy (actor), Ken Foree (actor), Brad Dourif (actor), Edward L. Plumb (director), Edward L. Plumb (producer), Susan Tyrrell (actress), Edward L. Plumb (writer), Peter Atkins (actor), Brad Linaweaver (actor), Del Howison (actor), Del Howison (actor), Wayne Kramer (actor), L.J. Dopp (composer), L.J. Dopp (producer), Lisa Mende (actress),

Genres: Comedy, Horror, Short,
Taglines: Death sacrifice...It's a living!

El embrujo de Shanghai (2002)

Actors: Rosa Maria Sardà (actress), Ariadna Gil (actress), Ariadna Gil (actress), Féodor Atkine (actor), Ferran Rañé (actor), Götz Otto (actor), Vicente Gil (actor), Antonio Resines (actor), Antonio Dechent (actor), Joan Borràs (actor), Jorge Sanz (actor), Fernando Fernán Gómez (actor), Eduard Fernández (actor), Fernando Trueba (writer), Andrés Vicente Gómez (producer),

Plot: A fourteen year old lad discovers his first love at the point of his pencil whilst drawing the portrait of a sickly but coquettish fifteen year old girl. In the neighbourhood an old freedom-fighter pits himself against bad types, a pretty cinema-ticket girl takes to the streets at night and a young anarchist dedicates himself to telling tall stories. Far away, in Shanghai, a hero of the Republic meets a beautiful femme fatal with oriental eyes. Reality and fiction become fused in an embrace.

Keywords: barcelona-spain, based-on-novel, madman, period-drama, war-of-spain
Genres: Drama, Mystery,

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1988)

Actors: Ronald Pickup (actor), Edward Hardwicke (actor), James Faulkner (actor), Arthur Conan Doyle (writer), Kristoffer Tabori (actor), Donald Bisset (actor), Bernard Horsfall (actor), Jeremy Brett (actor), T.R. Bowen (writer), John Hawkesworth (writer), Patrick Gowers (composer), William Ilkley (actor), Don McKillop (actor), Michael Cox (producer), Alastair Duncan (actor),

Plot: Sir Charles Baskerville dies on the moor under mysterious circumstances and rumors abound about a demonic hound. When the American heir arrives to take charge, a family friend calls in Holmes and Watson to get to the heart of the mystery.

Keywords: 19th-century, animal-in-title, archeologist, based-on-novel, country-house, dartmoor, detective, folklore, hall, horse-and-buggy
Genres: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery,

Quotes:

Sherlock Holmes: You impress me, Doctor Mortimer. Was there anything else?::Dr. Mortimer: Yes.::Sherlock Holmes: Footprints? A man or a woman's?::Dr. Mortimer: Mr. Holmes, they were the footprints of a gigantic hound!

[Stapleton and Dr. Watson are talking about the beauties and dangers of the great Grimpen Mire when an distant, unearthly howling is heard]::Stapleton: The moor is full of noises.::Dr. John Watson: But what was it?::Stapleton: The peasants say it is the Hound of the Baskervilles calling for its prey.

[first lines]::Dr. John Watson: Finished. [stretching] Aah! [picks up and studies walking stick]::Sherlock Holmes: [with his back to Watson] What do you make of it, Watson?::Dr. John Watson: What? Huh,I believe you've got eyes in the back of your head, Holmes.::Sherlock Holmes: Well, I have a well-polished coffee pot in front of me.

Sherlock Holmes: It may be that you are not yourself luminous but you are a conductor of light. Some people without possessing genius have a remarkable power for stimulating it.

Dr. Mortimer: You interest me very much, Mr. Holmes. I had hardly expected so dolichocephalic a skull, or such well-marked supra-orbital development. Would you have any objection to my running my finger along your parietal fissure?::Sherlock Holmes: *Please*, Dr. Mortimer.::Dr. Mortimer: A cast of your skull Sir, until the original becomes available?::[Holmes bursts into laughter]::Dr. Mortimer: It is not my intention to be fulsome, but I confess, I covet your skull.::Sherlock Holmes: Behave and sit down, Dr. Mortimer.::[Gesturing to the chair]::Dr. Mortimer: [dog sits beside Mr. Mortimer] Spot. Yes, good boy.::Sherlock Holmes: Well, I presume it was not your phrenological passion which drew you to Baker Street.::Dr. Mortimer: Unfortunately it was not, Sir.

Sherlock Holmes: It's an ugly, dangerous business, Watson. Believe me, I shall be very glad to have you back safe and sound at Baker Street once more.

Sherlock Holmes: It is a worthy setting if the devil did decide to dabble in the affairs of men.

Sir Henry Baskerville: I thought we had a chance of getting to the bottom of this business. All we seem to have done is compound a felony.

Dr. John Watson: I would to God that Holmes were here. Why does he not come?

Dr. John Watson: I'm afraid my duty to Holmes overrode my tact.

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978)

Actors: Prunella Scales (actress), Peter Cook (actor), Penelope Keith (actress), Roy Kinnear (actor), Dudley Moore (actor), Denholm Elliott (actor), Irene Handl (actress), Dudley Moore (actor), Dudley Moore (actor), Dudley Moore (actor), Spike Milligan (actor), Terry-Thomas (actor), Hugh Griffith (actor), Rita Webb (actress), Kenneth Williams (actor),

Genres: Comedy, Crime, Horror, Mystery,

Quotes:

Mrs. Ada Holmes: Pesticide, my own son guilty of pesticide!::Sherlock Holmes: It's patricide, mother.

Policeman: [after being hit in the crotch by a car slowly coming to a standstill] And me only married a month...

Mrs. Ada Holmes: I like to strike a happy Medium.

[first lines]::Nun: Monsieur le Doctor Watson, what is keeping Monsieur Holmes so long?::Doctor Watson: Oh, reassurez-vous yourselves sisters, your holy relic will be with you momentarily.::Nun: But we have been waiting almost one hour!::Doctor Watson: Mr. Holmes is a very busy man sister. Monsieur Holmes is an, erm, tres occupée sister.::Nun: But tomorrow is the festival of St Beryl, already thousands of blind cripples are flocking to the chapel hoping to kiss the relic. In the name of all the flocking blind cripples, I beseech you...

Sherlock Holmes: Do you think I'm gonna waste my time combing the streets of London for some old boot? This is a job for an imbecile.::Doctor Watson: Quite right, Holmes, let me deal with this.

Mrs. Ada Holmes: Now then, Shirl.::Sherlock Holmes: Mother, please don't call me Shirl.::Mrs. Ada Holmes: I've always called you Shirl and I always will. Oh, you should have seen him when he was a little girl, Iris.::Sherlock Holmes: I never was a little girl, mother.

Doctor Watson: [on phone] Holmes, it's Watson here. Listen, it's very urgent you come down immediately on the next train to Baskerviille, twelve noon train. [listens] You'll be in disguise? Well how am I going to recognize you, then? Why can't you wear a pink carnation?

Sir Henry Baskerville: I'm really exhausted with all this traveling.::Dr. Mortimer: Oh? Didn't you enjoy your sea voyage over from Canada?::Sir Henry Baskerville: Oh no, it was terrible! I happened to be out for a stroll on the deck when a storm came up! Gale winds forced me to hang onto the rail for dear life, until I could hold on no longer!::Dr. Mortimer: Bad show!::Sir Henry Baskerville: Suddenly this great wave came crashing over the boat and washed me overboard!::Dr. Mortimer: Ghastly!::Sir Henry Baskerville: It was all I could do to keep my head above water! It was horrible! Horrible!::Dr. Mortimer: Did you manage to drag yourself up on deck?::Sir Henry Baskerville: Oh no, I just dressed casual.

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1932)

Actors: Ian Dalrymple (editor), John Stuart (actor), Heather Angel (actress), Michael Balcon (producer), Arthur Conan Doyle (writer), Edgar Wallace (writer), Sam Livesey (actor), Robert Rendel (actor), Frederick Lloyd (actor), Gareth Gundrey (director), Henry Hallett (actor), Wilfred Shine (actor), Reginald Bach (actor), Elizabeth Vaughan (actress), Sybil Jane (actress),

Genres: Crime, Horror, Mystery,

Quotes:

Sherlock Holmes: Surely you didn't travel from Dartmoor to read that to me?::Dr Mortimer: I hoped you'd advise me; you're regarded as the second highest problem expert in Europe.::Sherlock Holmes: The second highest--but who's the first?::Dr Mortimer: Well I've read of a Frenchman who--who--::Sherlock Holmes: Then why not consult him.

The Washington Masquerade (1932)

Actors: Nils Asther (actor), Reginald Barlow (actor), Lionel Barrymore (actor), Sidney Bracey (actor), Don Brodie (actor), Richard Carle (actor), Berton Churchill (actor), Charles Coleman (actor), William Collier Sr. (actor), Gordon De Main (actor), C. Henry Gordon (actor), Charley Grapewin (actor), Arthur Hoyt (actor), George Irving (actor), Oscar Apfel (actor),

Genres: Drama, Romance,

The Great Lover (1931)

Actors: Roscoe Ates (actor), Herman Bing (actor), Cliff Edwards (actor), Sherry Hall (actor), Hale Hamilton (actor), Neil Hamilton (actor), Adolphe Menjou (actor), Larry Steers (actor), Ernest Torrence (actor), Mary Carlisle (actress), Carrie Daumery (actress), Irene Dunne (actress), Fanny Hatton (writer), Frederic Hatton (writer), Gene Markey (writer),

Plot: Jean Paurel is a womanizing opera star, who agrees to help Diana Page her career in order to take advantage of her. But instead he finds falling in love with her. To complicate matters, Jean's understudy out to be Diana's old flame, and tries to rekindle their relationship.

Keywords: ambition, audition, based-on-play, diva, dog, engagement, jealousy, loss-of-voice, love-affair, marriage-proposal
Genres: Drama,

Six Cylinder Love (1931)

Actors: William M. Conselman (writer), William Collier Sr. (actor), Norman Houston (writer), Edward Everett Horton (actor), Lorin Raker (actor), Bert Roach (actor), Spencer Tracy (actor), Louise Beavers (actress), El Brendel (actor), Una Merkel (actress), Ruth Warren (actress), William Fox (producer), William Anthony McGuire (writer), Thornton Freeland (director), William Holden (actor),

Plot: Troubles begin for the Sterlings when they buy an expensive car. Friends press them for rides; Marilyn has an accident which Gilbert must get $5,000 from his boss to pay for. They finally sell the car to the janitor.

Keywords: automobile, based-on-play
Genres: Comedy,

The Immortal Flame (1916)

Actors: Joseph Burke (actor), James Cooley (actor), Ivan Abramson (writer), Ivan Abramson (director), Maude Fealy (actress), Charles Edwards (actor), Kittens Reichert (actress), Paula Shay (actress), Edna Luby (actress), Willard Case (actor), Louise Guischard (actress),

Genres: Drama,

Das dunkle Schloß (1915)

Actors: Eugen Burg (actor), Friedrich Kühne (actor), Frederic Zelnik (actor), Hanni Weisse (actress), Willy Zeyn (director),

Genres: Crime, Horror, Mystery,