Movie Class by PizzaFLIX: Basil Rathbone is to Sherlock Holmes as Sean Connery is to James Bond, it's “Elementary, my dear Watson.” The iconic fictional detective, created by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is listed in Guinness World Records as the Most Portrayed Movie Character," with more than 70 actors playing the part in over 200 films. Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce (as Watson) starred in fourteen U.S. films from 1939 to 1946, four of which are available on PizzaFLIX.

Stars: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Hillary Brooke
Director: Roy William Neill
Writer: Arthur Conan Doyle (characters)

Sherlock Holmes investigates when young women around London turn up murdered, each with a finger severed off. Scotland Yard suspects a madman, but Holmes believes the killings to be part of a diabolical plot.