6 Best Basil Rathbone Movies

By Vlad Zakh · August 3, 2027

Drama intensethought provoking

Basil Rathbone became the definitive screen Sherlock Holmes, and his precise, aristocratic villainy made him one of classic Hollywood’s most memorable swashbuckling antagonists.

The Court Jester (1955) 01

The Court Jester (1955)

IMDb ★ 7.5

A former carnival performer infiltrates a usurping king's court to help restore the rightful heir.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939) 02

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)

IMDb ★ 7.1

A brilliant detective races to stop a criminal mastermind's elaborate scheme against the crown.

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939) 03

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)

IMDb ★ 6.9

A detective investigates a deadly legend haunting a wealthy family's remote moorland estate.

The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) 04

The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

IMDb ★ 7.9

A dispossessed nobleman leads a band of outlaws against a tyrannical, corrupt regime in medieval England.

Captain Blood (1935) 05

Captain Blood (1935)

IMDb ★ 7.2

A wrongly enslaved doctor leads a group of fellow prisoners in a daring escape to become pirates.

A Tale of Two Cities (1935) 06

A Tale of Two Cities (1935)

IMDb ★ 7.6

A dissolute English lawyer sacrifices everything for the woman he loves during the French Revolution.

Vlad Zakh

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