Basil Rathbone Movie Rankings
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Basil Rathbone scores a combined 3.6588 out of 4 stars for Adventures of Robin Hood
3.6588
Sir Robin of Locksley, defender of downtrodden Saxons, runs afoul of Norman authority and is forced to turn outlaw. ... more about Adventures of Robin Hood
DVD from $17.27 
(6 sellers)
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Basil Rathbone scores a combined 3.4453 out of 4 stars for Court Jester
3.4453
While the infant King of England is awaiting his rightful spot to the throne, the regent, Roderick (Cecil Parker) defies royal law and crowns himself King. To regain the throne the baby king must obtain the key to a secret tunnel that allows them passage to the castle. ... more about Court Jester
DVD from $3.90 
(4 sellers)
3
Basil Rathbone scores a combined 3.2152 out of 4 stars for Captain Blood
3.2152
A young Irish doctor is exiled as a slave to Barbados where he captures a Spanish galleon and becomes the most feared pirate of the Caribbean. ... more about Captain Blood
DVD from $5.79 
(6 sellers)
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Basil Rathbone scores a combined 3.1998 out of 4 stars for David Copperfield
3.1998
When David's father dies, his mother remarries. His new stepfather Murdstone has a mean and cruel view on how to raise a child. When David's mother dies from grief, Murdstone sends David to London to work for a living. ... more about David Copperfield
DVD from $5.92 
(7 sellers)
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Basil Rathbone scores a combined 3.0349 out of 4 stars for Hound of the Baskervilles
3.0349
On his uncle's death Sir Henry Baskerville returns from abroad and opens up the ancestral hall on the desolate moors of Devonshire. Holmes uncovers a plot to have Sir Henry murdered by a terrible trained hound. ... more about Hound of the Baskervilles
DVD from $10.48 
(6 sellers)
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Basil Rathbone scores a combined 2.9618 out of 4 stars for Son of Frankenstein
2.9618
Wolf Frankenstein, son of Henry Frankenstein, returns with his wife, to his fathers estate to claim his inheritance. When he arrives with his family he recieves a hostile reception from locals. ... more about Son of Frankenstein
DVD from $7.93 
(6 sellers)
7
Basil Rathbone scores a combined 2.9166 out of 4 stars for Casanova's Big Night
2.9166
Italy, 1757. Meek tailor Pippo Popolino disguises himself as the great Casanova in order to romance attractive widow Francesca. ... more about Casanova's Big Night
DVD from $2.50 
(1 sellers)
8
Basil Rathbone scores a combined 2.9017 out of 4 stars for Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
2.9017
Starting in Switzerland, Sherlock Holmes rescues the inventor of a bomb-sight which the allies want to keep from the Nazis. Back in London it sems that the inventor is not all that he seemed. ... more about Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
DVD from $1.50 
(5 sellers)
9
Basil Rathbone scores a combined 2.8928 out of 4 stars for Great Mouse Detective
2.8928
In Victorian London, England, a little mouse girl's toymaker father is abducted by a peglegged bat. She enlists the aid of Basil of Baker Street, the rodent world's answer to Sherlock Holmes. ... more about Great Mouse Detective
DVD from $9.93 
(0 sellers)
10
Basil Rathbone scores a combined 2.8857 out of 4 stars for Last Days of Pompeii
2.8857
Peaceloving blacksmith Marcus refuses lucrative offers to fight in the arena...until his wife dies for lack of medical care. ... more about Last Days of Pompeii
DVD from $3.55 
(3 sellers)
11
Basil Rathbone scores a combined 2.8815 out of 4 stars for Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
2.8815
Two stories. The Wind in the Willows: Concise version of Kenneth Grahame's story of the same name. J. Thaddeus Toad, owner of Toad Hall, is prone to fads, such as the newfangled motor car. ... more about Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
DVD from $9.29 
(6 sellers)
12
Basil Rathbone scores a combined 2.8720 out of 4 stars for Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
2.8720
Professor Moriarity has a scheme for stealing the crown jewels from the Tower of London. To get Holmes involved, he persuades a gaucho flute player to murder a girl. ... more about Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
DVD from $9.99 
(5 sellers)
13
Basil Rathbone scores a combined 2.7780 out of 4 stars for Comedy of Terrors
2.7780
An undertaker who hasn't had any 'customers' in a long time is forced the pay one year's back-rent. To get money he starts to kill people in order to get new clients. ... more about Comedy of Terrors
DVD from $42.99 
(0 sellers)
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Basil Rathbone scores a combined 2.7289 out of 4 stars for Tale of Two Cities
2.7289
A British lawyer sacrifices himself to save another man from the guillotine. ... more about Tale of Two Cities
DVD from $8.34 
(6 sellers)
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Basil Rathbone scores a combined 2.7031 out of 4 stars for Mark of Zorro
2.7031
Around 1820 the son of a California nobleman comes home from Spain to find his native land under a villainous dictatorship. On the one hand he plays the useless fop, while on the other he is the masked avenger Zorro. ... more about Mark of Zorro
DVD from $5.89 
(4 sellers)
16
Basil Rathbone scores a combined 2.6970 out of 4 stars for Anna Karenina
2.6970
This version of the Tolstoy classic lingers longer in Moscow during the weeks that follow the initial meeting of the starstruck lovers-to-be Vronsky and Anna Karenina. ... more about Anna Karenina
DVD from $3.99 
(7 sellers)
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Basil Rathbone scores a combined 2.6894 out of 4 stars for Woman in Green
2.6894
Holmes and Watson investigate a series of bizarre and apparently unconnected murders, and the death of a possible suspect. The trail leads to a society of hypnotists and a mysterious, glamoruos woman. ... more about Woman in Green
DVD from $1.25 
(4 sellers)
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Basil Rathbone scores a combined 2.6272 out of 4 stars for Tales of Terror
2.6272
Three stories adapted from the work of Edgar Allen Poe. A man and his daughter are reunited, but the blame for the death of his wife hangs over them, unresolved. ... more about Tales of Terror
DVD from $3.75 
(2 sellers)
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Basil Rathbone scores a combined 2.6261 out of 4 stars for Terror by Night
2.6261
Holmes is hired by Roland Carstairs to prevent the theft of the Star of Rhodesia, an enormous diamond owned by Carstairs' mother, Lady Margaret. ... more about Terror by Night
DVD from $0.99 
(5 sellers)
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Basil Rathbone scores a combined 2.6065 out of 4 stars for Magic Sword
2.6065
The evil sorcerer Lodac captures Princess Helene and whisks her off to his castle. Young George has been enamored of Helene from afar, and aided by a magic sword given to him by his sorceress stepmother he sets off with his six knights to save her. ... more about Magic Sword
DVD from $3.00 
(3 sellers)
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Basil Rathbone scores a combined 2.6026 out of 4 stars for Sin Takes a Holiday
2.6026
Dowdy Sylvia accepts her boss' marriage proposal, even though he only asked her to avoid marriage to another woman. ... more about Sin Takes a Holiday
DVD from $3.57 
(2 sellers)
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Basil Rathbone scores a combined 2.5296 out of 4 stars for Tower of London
2.5296
In the 15th century Richard Duke of Gloucester, aided by his club-footed executioner Mord, eliminates those ahead of him in succession to the throne, then occupied by his brother King Edward IV of England. ... more about Tower of London
DVD from $9.80 
(4 sellers)
23
Basil Rathbone scores a combined 2.5113 out of 4 stars for Fingers at the Window
2.5113
The City of Chicago is gripped by an Axe Murderer. The streets are empty at night as there has been six murders and six people have been caught, but they are lunatics. ... more about Fingers at the Window
Not Available on DVD
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Basil Rathbone scores a combined 2.4991 out of 4 stars for Garden of Allah
2.4991
Domini, an heiress who has led a cloistered life, visits the North African desert for spiritual renewal. There she meets Boris, recently escaped from a Trappist monastery. Their friendship ripens into love, but he conceals his past from her. ... more about Garden of Allah
DVD from $3.98 
(4 sellers)
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Basil Rathbone scores a combined 2.4930 out of 4 stars for Bishop Murder Case
2.4930
The murders start with the body of Robin. He is found with a arrow through the heart, but Vance deduces that the body was placed and not found where he was killed. The note found dealing with the murder was part of a nursery rhyme and signed by 'Bishop'. ... more about Bishop Murder Case
Not Available on DVD
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Basil Rathbone scores a combined 2.4710 out of 4 stars for Last Hurrah
2.4710
An aging politician (Spencer Tracy) tries to get re-elected one last time in the changing world of the 1950s when TV started to play a bigger part in politics. ... more about Last Hurrah
DVD from $12.49 
(5 sellers)
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Basil Rathbone scores a combined 2.4108 out of 4 stars for Lady of Scandal
2.4108
A British nobleman, John, falls in love with famous actress, Elsie, and forces the marriage issue by publishing their engagement. He then plans to take her to his father's estate to meet his relatives. ... more about Lady of Scandal
Not Available on DVD
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Basil Rathbone scores a combined 2.3774 out of 4 stars for Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
2.3774
During WWII several murders occur at a convalescent home where Dr. Watson has volunteered his services. ... more about Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
DVD from $10.48 
(4 sellers)
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Basil Rathbone scores a combined 2.3652 out of 4 stars for Pearl of Death
2.3652
When a pearl with a sinister reputation for causing misfortune to its owners is stolen from a museum by a master criminal because of Sherlock Holmes' show-boating, he is naturally obliged to find it. ... more about Pearl of Death
DVD from $10.48 
(5 sellers)
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Basil Rathbone scores a combined 2.3579 out of 4 stars for Dawn Patrol
2.3579
In 1915 France, Major Brand commands the 39th Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps. The young airmen go up in bullet-riddled "crates" and the casualty rate is appalling, but Brand can't make the "brass hats" at headquarters see reason. ... more about Dawn Patrol
DVD from $4.99 
(5 sellers)
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Basil Rathbone scores a combined 2.3530 out of 4 stars for Spider Woman
2.3530
In wartime Britain, Sherlock Holmes feigns death in order to investigate a spate of "pyjama suicides". His suspicions soon fall on the attractive but possibly deadly Andrea Spedding. ... more about Spider Woman
DVD from $10.48 
(3 sellers)
32
Basil Rathbone scores a combined 2.3500 out of 4 stars for Pursuit to Algiers
2.3500
Holmes and Watson on a transatlantic ocean liner escorting Nikolas, heir to a foreign throne. Also on board are a number of assassins, plotting against their sovereign. ... more about Pursuit to Algiers
DVD from $10.48 
(3 sellers)
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Basil Rathbone scores a combined 2.3287 out of 4 stars for Confession
2.3287
Not Available on DVD
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Basil Rathbone scores a combined 2.3159 out of 4 stars for Dressed to Kill
2.3159
A convicted thief in Dartmoor prison hides the location of the stolen Bank of England printing plates inside three music boxes. When the innocent purchasers of the boxes start to be murdered, Holmes and Watson investigate. ... more about Dressed to Kill
DVD from $0.98 
(6 sellers)
36
Basil Rathbone scores a combined 2.3104 out of 4 stars for Kind Lady
2.3104
Mary Herries is a rich woman with a habit of contributing to those less fortunate than her. On her way home from a concert on Christmas Eve she discovers a poor, would-be artist outside her estate. ... more about Kind Lady
Not Available on DVD
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Basil Rathbone scores a combined 2.3077 out of 4 stars for Romeo and Juliet
2.3077
The Montagues and the Capulets, two powerful families of Verona, hate each other. Romeo, son of Montague, crashes a Capulet party, and there meets Juliet, daughter of Capulet. They fall passionately in love. ... more about Romeo and Juliet
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Supporting Role
DVD from $3.95 
(4 sellers)
39
Basil Rathbone scores a combined 2.2938 out of 4 stars for Queen of Blood
2.2938
The year is 1990. An alien species makes contact with Earth through radio transmission, notifying of an imminent visit. Alien ship crash lands on Mars, and a rescue team is sent out from Earth. ... more about Queen of Blood
Not Available on DVD
40
Basil Rathbone scores a combined 2.2921 out of 4 stars for Tovarich
2.2921
Ousted from their homeland by the Bolshevik revolution, a royal Russian couple find themselves impoverished and living in Paris. ... more about Tovarich
Not Available on DVD
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Basil Rathbone scores a combined 2.2647 out of 4 stars for Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
2.2647
England, at the start of World War Two. Mysterious wireless broadcasts, apparently from Nazi Germany are heard over the BBC. The warn of acts of terror in England, just before they take place. Baffled, the Defence Committee call in Holmes ... ... more about Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
DVD from $10.48 
(4 sellers)
42
Basil Rathbone scores a combined 2.2586 out of 4 stars for Scarlet Claw
2.2586
A village in Canada has an old legend about a phantom that years ago killed three villagers. ... more about Scarlet Claw
DVD from $10.48 
(3 sellers)
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Basil Rathbone scores a combined 2.2282 out of 4 stars for Sherlock Holmes in Washington
2.2282
In World War II, a British secret agent carrying a vitally important document is kidnapped en route to Washington. The British government calls on Sherlock Holmes to recover it. ... more about Sherlock Holmes in Washington
DVD from $10.48 
(4 sellers)
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Basil Rathbone scores a combined 2.2236 out of 4 stars for Black Cat
2.2236
Greedy heirs gather to wait for the death of Henrietta Winslow. Murder, thunder claps, howling cats, gun shots, screams in the night, hidden passages -- all the proper ingredients. ... more about Black Cat
Not Available on DVD
45
Basil Rathbone scores a combined 2.2008 out of 4 stars for If I Were King
2.2008
In 1463, Paris is besieged by the Duke of Burgundy, arch-rival of the king, who is content to sit tight while the poor starve. ... more about If I Were King
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Not Available on DVD
46
Basil Rathbone scores a combined 2.1947 out of 4 stars for Adventures of Marco Polo
2.1947
Marco Polo travels from Venice to Peking, where he quickly discovers spaghetti and gunpowder and falls in love with the Emperor's daughter. ... more about Adventures of Marco Polo
Not Available on DVD
47
Basil Rathbone scores a combined 2.1734 out of 4 stars for Love from a Stranger
2.1734
Carol wins the lottery, but unfortunately her sudden wealth leads to a disagreement with her fiancé Ronald, and the two break up. Carol quickly falls in love with the romantic and mysterious Gerald, and marries him despite the warnings of her friends. ... more about Love from a Stranger
DVD from $2.12 
(4 sellers)
48
Basil Rathbone scores a combined 2.1369 out of 4 stars for Sun Never Sets
2.1369
When Clive Randolph finally returns "home" from Gold Coast colony, younger brother John balks at following the family Colonial Service tradition. ... more about Sun Never Sets
Not Available on DVD
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Basil Rathbone scores a combined 2.1095 out of 4 stars for Above Suspicion
2.1095
Oxford Professor Richard Myles and new bride Frances are off on a European honeymoon. It isn't your typical honeymoon though, for they are on a spying mission for British intelligence on the eve of World War 2. ... more about Above Suspicion
Not Available on DVD
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Basil Rathbone scores a combined 1.8856 out of 4 stars for Ghost in the Invisible Bikini
1.8856
Hiram Stokley is a recently desased corpse who learns that he has 24 hours to mastermind and perform one good deed in order to get into Heaven, so he enlists the help of his long deceased girlfriend Cecily, a ghost, to stop his greedy lawyer, Reginald ... more about Ghost in the Invisible Bikini
DVD from $5.20 
(4 sellers)
53
Basil Rathbone scores a combined 1.8475 out of 4 stars for Hillbillys in a Haunted House
1.8475
Country singers on their way to Nashville have car trouble, forcing them to stop at an old haunted mansion. ... more about Hillbillys in a Haunted House
DVD from $4.14 
(4 sellers)
54
Basil Rathbone scores a combined 1.8455 out of 4 stars for Black Sleep
1.8455
England, 1872. The night before he is to be hanged for a murder he did not commit, young Dr. Gordon Ramsey is visited in his cell by his old mentor, eminent surgeon Sir Joel Cadmund. ... more about Black Sleep
Not Available on DVD
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Basil Rathbone scores a combined 1.8308 out of 4 stars for Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet
1.8308
In the year 2020, cosmonaut Marcia (Faith Domergue) orbits the planet Venus while two astronauts and a robot journey on the surface. Professor Hartman (Basil Rathbone) is also on hand to observe the exploration from a distance. ... more about Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet
DVD from $0.95 
(3 sellers)
57
Basil Rathbone scores a combined 1.7305 out of 4 stars for Sherlock Holmes and the House of Fear
1.7305
Seven rich men retire to a Scottish castle and promptly begin to die in violent fashion. Each death is preceded by the delivery of orange pips to the next target. ... more about Sherlock Holmes and the House of Fear
DVD from $10.48 
(4 sellers)
58
Basil Rathbone scores a combined 1.6955 out of 4 stars for Make a Wish
1.6955
While at summer camp in the Maine woods, little Bobby Breen befriends composer Basil Rathbone, who left the city to try and break his creative block, and is soon playing matchmaker for his widowed singer mother and Rathbone. ... more about Make a Wish
Not Available on DVD
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Basil Rathbone scores a combined 1.3881 out of 4 stars for Crossroads
1.3881
Diplomat is blackmailed for crimes committed while he had amnesia. ... more about Crossroads
Not Available on DVD
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Basil Rathbone scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Bathing Beauty
0.0001
Songwriter Steve Elliott is about to marry Caroline Brooks, a strange woman who's been paid by Steve's agent to say she's wife, interrupts the ceremony. An angry Caroline gets her old job back teaching at a girl's college. ... more about Bathing Beauty
Not Available on DVD
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Basil Rathbone scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Crazy House
0.0001
Not Available on DVD
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Basil Rathbone scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Flirting Widow
0.0001
Phyllis wants to marry Bobby, but Father won't permit it until older sister Celia weds. So Celia invents a military fiancée in Arabia, unimaginatively christens him John Smith, writes him a love letter, and then kills him off. Only there really is a Col. ... more about Flirting Widow
Not Available on DVD
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Basil Rathbone scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Heartbeat
0.0001
A young female escapee from a reform school joins a pickpocket academy in Paris. She is caught red-handed on her first attempt at stealing by an upper class man. ... more about Heartbeat
DVD from $2.39 
(3 sellers)
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Basil Rathbone scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Innocent
0.0001
Not Available on DVD
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Basil Rathbone scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for International Lady
0.0001
London, at the beginning of the Second World War. ... more about International Lady
Not Available on DVD
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Basil Rathbone scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Lady Surrenders
0.0001
A wealthy industrialist's wife gets into a big argument with him; to cool off, she goes on an ocean trip. He thinks she's left him for good, so he marries another woman. When his first wife returns, complications ensue. ... more about Lady Surrenders
Not Available on DVD
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Basil Rathbone scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Last of Mrs. Cheyney
0.0001
There is a big charity function at the house of Mrs. Cheyney and a lot of society is present. With her rich husband, deceased, rich old Lord Elton and playboy Lord Arthur Dilling are both very interested in the mysterious Fay. Invited to the house of Mrs. ... more about Last of Mrs. Cheyney
Not Available on DVD
73
Basil Rathbone scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Loyalties
0.0001
Not Available on DVD
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Basil Rathbone scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Rhythm on the River
0.0001
Popular songwriter Oliver Courtney has been getting by for years using one ghost writer for his music and another for his lyrics. When both writers meet at an inn, they fall in love and then try to sell their songs under their own name. ... more about Rhythm on the River
DVD from $6.44 
(4 sellers)
80
Basil Rathbone scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Rio
0.0001
Not Available on DVD
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Basil Rathbone scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Screen Snapshots Series 25
0.0001
This Snapshots (production number 7854) hits the sports trail and begins with many members of Hollywood's English colony demonstrating how Cricket should be played (by aging actors who can't run), and then ends up with shots from one of Bing Crosby's ... more about Screen Snapshots Series 25
Not Available on DVD
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Basil Rathbone scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for We're No Angels
0.0001
Three convicts escape from Devil's Island and arrive at a nearby French colonial town. ... more about We're No Angels
DVD from $4.94 
(4 sellers)
 
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Basil Rathbone
Birthdate:
June 13, 1892
Death date:
July 21, 1967

Basil Rathbone

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Career Span:

Decade
# Movies
Movie Score
1920s
7
No Reviews
1930s
36
total ranking of 4.0000  4.0000
1940s
30
total ranking of 2.6802  2.6802
1950s
6
total ranking of 2.4644  2.4644
1960s
9
total ranking of 2.3479  2.3479
1970s
0
No Reviews
1980s
1
total ranking of 1.8374  1.8374
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score:
2.8639
Basil Rathbone is ranked overall as 2.8639 of of 4 stars
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