1889: In all England there is no district more dismal than that vast expanse of primitive wasteland, the moors of Dartmoor in Devonshire. The Hound of the Baskervilles 1939 starring Basil Rathbone & Richard Greene & Wendy Barrie & Nigel Bruce & Lionel Atwill & John Carradine & Barlowe Borland & Beryl Mercer & Morton Lowry & Ralph Forbes et al, director Sidney Lanfield, caption
My conjecture is that he’ll be murdered. ibid. Holmes
Murder, my dear Watson. Refined cold-blooded murder. ibid.
Oh, Watson. The needle. ibid. closing words
Sherlock Holmes, the immortal character of fiction created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is ageless, invincible and unchanging.
In solving significant problems of the present day he remains – as ever – the supreme master of deductive reasoning. Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror 1942 starring Basil Rathbone & Nigel Bruce & Evelyn Ankers & Hendy Daniell & Thomas Gomez & Reginal Denny & Montagu Love, director John Rawlins [based on His Last Bow], caption
Germany broadcasting! Germany broadcasting! People of Britain, greetings from the Third Reich! ... This is the voice of terror. ibid.
I’ve asked Mr Sherlock Holmes to come here. In this emergency we should take advantage of everyone’s peculiar gifts. ibid.
You’re Mr Sherlock Holmes, ain’t ya? I wouldn’t come down here if I was you. This is Limehouse and we don’t fancy your sort of bloke in these parts. ibid. geezer
Our country. England is at stake. ibid. Sherlock to Kitty
We Nazis keep our promises. ibid. Nazi broadcast
So beautiful. So greedy. So cold. House on Haunted Hill 1959 starring Vincent Price & Carolyn Craig & Elisha Cook & Carol Ohmart & Alan Marshal & Julie Mitchum & Richard Long et al, director William Castle, Frederick over body of dead wife
She was murdered by one of you. ibid. Frederick to guests
What husband hasn’t at some time wanted to kill his wife? ibid.
It’s almost over, darling. Every detail was perfect. We’ve done it. The perfect crime. ibid. Dr Trent to Annabelle
The victim is alive and the murderers are not. ibid. Frederick to self
I can tell you all now Trent and my wife were trying to kill me. ibid. Frederick to guests
Maybe you don’t think murder looks so good on you. Farewell, My Lovely aka Murder, My Sweet 1944 starring Dick Powell & Claire Trevor & Anne Shirley & Otto Kruger & Miles Mander & Mike Mazurki & Douglas Walton & Ralf Harolde & Esther Howard & Ernie Adams et al, director Edward Dmytryk, rozzer to Marlowe
Just you wait a little while. The nasty man in black will come. He will chop you up! M [Eine Stadt Sucht Einen Morder] 1931 starring Peter Lorre & Otto Wernicke & Gustaf Grundgens & Ellen Widmann & Inge Landgut & Theodor Loos & Fritz Odemar & Paul Kemp et al, director Fritz Lang, children’s song
10,000 Marks Reward. Who Is The Murderer? ibid. poster
It’s the murderer! It’s him! Hold him! Call the police! ibid. mob
We have to tell them we condemn the bastard too. ibid. gangsta
Chief, we should offer a fortune for the murderer. ibid. rozzer
An instinctive impulse is the killer’s only motive. ibid. old man
For that stroke [murder] you get the nine-o’clock walk. They Drive By Night 1938 starring Emlyn Williams & Ernest Thesiger & Anna Konstam & Allan Jeayes & Anthony Holles & Ronald Shiner & William Hartnell & Leonard Sharp et al, director Arthur B Woods, released bloke
They’d never give me a break – I got a record see. ibid. released bloke to lorry driver
I was in the killing game. And I travelled alone. Always alone. The Detonator 2006 starring Wesley Snipes & Silvia Colloca & Tim Dutton & William Hope & Matthew Leitch & Michael Brandon & Stuart Milligan, director Po Chih Leong, Wesley
This is my last job. Every job is my last job. ibid.
My resumé reads like a graveyard. ibid.
My life flashes before me every day. I’ve died a thousand deaths. ibid.
I don’t get too many second dates. ibid.
What a murderous thug I look. Dial M For Murder 1954 starring Grace Kelly & Ray Milland & Robert Cummings & John Williams & Anthony Dawson & Leo Britt & Patrick Allen & George Leigh & George Alderson & Robin Hughes et al, director Alfred Hitchcock, car seller to husband
Do you really believe in the perfect murder? ibid. Kelly
Murderers are dumb shits. They always screw it up sooner or later. China Moon 1994 starring Ed Harris & Madeleine Stowe & Charles Dance & Benicio del Toro & Patricia Healy & Tim Powell & Pruitt Taylor Vince et al, director John Bailey, Harris
Once I’d seen her, I was not in my right mind for some time. The Lady From Shanghai 1948 starring Rita Hayworth & Orson Welles & Everett Sloane & Glenn Anders & Ted de Corsia & Erskine Sanford & Gus Schilling & Louis Merrill et al, director Orson Welles, opening remarks
It’s easy: you just pull the trigger. ibid. Michael
Give me a cigarette; I’m learning to smoke now. ibid. Elsa
You can’t hide the hunger and guilt; it’s a bright guilty world. ibid. Michael
This is a straightforward business proposition: I want you to kill me. ibid. George
Everything is bad, Michael. Everything. ibid. Elsa
I found the gun; you killed Grisby; you’re the killer. ibid. Michael to Elsa
I never knew the old Vienna before the war with its Strauss music and its glamour and easy charm. The Third Man 1949 starring Orson Welles & Trevor Howard & Joseph Cotten & Alida Valli & Bernard Lee & Wilfrid Hyde-White & Erich Ponto & Ernst Deutsch & Robert Brown et al, director Carol Reed, opening remarks
Soldier: His name?
Martins: Lime. Harry Lime. ibid.
I want to be dead too. ibid. actress to Martins
There was a third man. He didn’t give evidence. ibid. Austrian guy
What price would you pay? ibid. Martins
Mitch, where were you that evening? Reasonable Doubt 2014 starring Dominic Cooper & Samuel L Jackson & Erin Karpluk & Gloria Reuben & Ryan Robbins & Dylan Taylor & Philippe Brenninkmeyer & John B Lowe & Kelly Wolfman et al, director Peter Howitt, brief to brief
Is this a fucking game to you? ibid. brief to Clinton Davis
Now you’re going to know what it is to be me. ibid. Davis to brief
I think this is a fiddle, Roper. That’s what I think. Well, it’s not going to happen here. Smokescreen 1964 starring Peter Vaughan & John Carson & Yvonne Romain & Gerald Flood & Glynn Edwards & John Glyn-Jones & Sam Kydd & Derek Guyler & Penny Morrell & David Gregory Jill Curzon & Barbara Hicks & Edward Ogden & Tim Gill et al, director Jim O’Connolly, boss to Roper
The police and I don’t think your husband is dead. We carefully staged a fake accident to make it look as if he had been killed. ibid.
His motive? His act fuels his fantasy. Manhunter 1986 starring William Petersen & Kim Greist & Dennis Farina & Joan Allen & Brian Cox & Stephen Lang & Tom Noonan & David Seaman & Benjamin Hendrickson & Michael Talbott et al, director Michael Mann, Manhunter
I want you to help me, Doctor Lecktor. ibid.
One finger, two shoulders and a brain – that’s all I have, Barry. The Bone Collector 1999 starring Denzel Washington & Angelina Jolie & Queen Latifah & Michael Rooker & Mike McGlone & Luis Guzman & Leland Orser & John Benjamin Hickey & Bobby Cannavale & Ed O'Neill et al, director Phillip Noyce
She knew: she knew how the men watched her and how the women hated her. She knew the petty squabbles she caused and it amused her. But she didn’t know she was going to die. Town on Trial 1957 starring John Mills & Charles Coburn & Barbara Bates & Derek Farr & Alex McCowen & Fay Compton & Harry Locke & Raymond Huntley & Harry Fowler & Margaretta Scott & Geoffrey Keen et al, director John Guillermin, commentary
With Hercule Poirot, mysteries never last for long. Evil Under the Sun 1982 starring Peter Ustinov & Jane Birkin & Colin Blakely & Nicholas Clay & James Mason & Roddy McDowall & Sylvia Miles & Denis Quilley & Diana Rigg & Maggie Smith & Emily Hone et al, director Guy Hamilton, Poirot to insurance bloke
Why don’t you go and play with yourself? ibid. Mason to McDowall
The sky is blue. The sun is shining. And yet you forget that everywhere there is evil under the sun. (Murder & Evil) ibid. Poirot
A moment, any moment, away from your goal is a sin. A mortal sin. Judgment Day: The John List Story 1993 starring Robert Blake & Beverly D'Angelo & David Caruso & Melinda Dillon & Alice Krige & David Purdham et al, director Bobby Roth, mother to boy in bath
You use the church like a shield against this imaginary evil. ibid. her to him