Holmes and Watson board a passenger train bound from London to Edinburgh, to guard the Star of Rhodesia, an enormous diamond worth a fortune belonging to an elderly woman of wealth; but within the first hour of the trip, the woman's son is murdered and the diamond stolen and any of the passengers in their car could be the killer thief.
Top Cast
BA
Basil RathboneSherlock Holmes
NI
Nigel BruceDr. John H. Watson
AL
Alan MowbrayMajor Duncan-Bleek
DE
Dennis HoeyInspector Lestrade
RE
Renee GodfreyVivian Vedder
FR
Frederick WorlockProf. William Kilbane
MA
Mary ForbesLady Margaret Carstairs
SK
Skelton KnaggsSands - Moran's Accomplice
BI
Billy BevanConductor Taking Tickets
GE
Geoffrey SteeleRoland Carstairs
JA
Janet MurdochMrs. Shallcross (uncredited)
GE
Gerald HamerAlf Shallcross (uncredited)
LE
Leyland HodgsonSenior Conductor (uncredited)
HA
Harry CordingMock the Undertaker (uncredited)
CH
Charles KnightBaggage Car Guard (uncredited)
BO
Boyd Davis"Inspector MacDonald" (uncredited)
BO
Bobby WisslerMock Jr. (uncredited)
GI
Gilbert AllenDining Car Steward (uncredited)
C.
C. Aubrey SmithElderly gentleman on train station (uncredited)