6 Best Dennis Hoey Movies

By Vlad Zakh · July 29, 2026

Dennis Hoey brought a blustery, memorable presence to Hollywood and is best remembered as the perpetually baffled Inspector Lestrade of the Sherlock Holmes series. The Spider Woman and The House of Fear are the Holmes titles, National Velvet trains a wild horse for the Grand National, and Golden Earrings disguises a British officer among gypsies. This Above All and Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon round out the list.

Golden Earrings (1947)

TMDB ★ 6.2

Dennis Hoey appears in this wartime drama about a British intelligence officer who disguises himself among gypsies to escape occupied Germany.

Directed by Mitchell Leisen · 1h 35m · Rated NR

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The House of Fear (1945)

TMDB ★ 6.9

David Clyde appears in this Sherlock Holmes mystery where the detective investigates a string of murders among members of a secretive Scottish social club.

Directed by Roy William Neill · 1h 09m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: Troma NOW, Artiflix · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home

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National Velvet (1945)

TMDB ★ 7.2

A determined young girl trains a wild horse to compete in England's gruelling Grand National.

Directed by Clarence Brown · 2h 03m · Rated G

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Spider Woman (1943)

TMDB ★ 7.0

Dennis Hoey features in this Sherlock Holmes mystery about a cunning femme fatale who orchestrates a series of mysterious deaths using a deadly spider.

Directed by Roy William Neill · 1h 03m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: FlixFling · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling

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This Above All (1942)

TMDB ★ 6.8

Aubrey Mather features in this wartime drama about a disillusioned soldier and a devoted servicewoman who fall in love amid wartime England's uncertainty.

Directed by Anatole Litvak · 1h 50m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942)

TMDB ★ 6.4

Dennis Hoey appears in this Basil Rathbone mystery where the detective races to prevent Nazi agents from stealing a revolutionary new bombsight invention.

Directed by Roy William Neill · 1h 08m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Philo, MGM Plus, Pure Flix · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home, FlixFling

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Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.

6 Best Dennis Hoey Movies

Golden Earrings (1947)

The House of Fear (1945)

National Velvet (1945)

The Spider Woman (1943)

This Above All (1942)

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942)

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