The best Basil Rathbone’s movies on YouTube

Basil Rathbone

Basil Rathbone

13/06/1892- 21/07/1967
Today we present the best Basil Rathbone’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Basil Rathbone’s movies.
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The Great Mouse Detective

The Great Mouse Detective
7.1/10
When the diabolical Professor Ratigan kidnaps London's master toymaker, the brilliant master of disguise Basil of Baker Street and his trusted sidekick Dawson try to elude the ultimate trap and foil the perfect crime.

The Adventures of Robin Hood

The Adventures of Robin Hood
7.9/10
Robin Hood fights nobly for justice against the evil Sir Guy of Gisbourne while striving to win the hand of the beautiful Maid Marian.

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
6.8/10
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. This desire for the very latest lands him in much trouble with the wrong crowd, and it is up to his friends, Mole, Rat and Badger to save him from himself. - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: Retelling of Washington Irving's story set in a tiny New England town. Ichabod Crane, the new schoolmaster, falls for the town beauty, Katrina Van Tassel, and the town Bully Brom Bones decides that he is a little too successful and needs "convincing" that Katrina is not for him.

Above Suspicion

Above Suspicion
6.5/10
  • Genre: DramaThriller
  • Release: 31/05/1943
  • Character: Sig von Aschenhausen
Two newlyweds spy on the Nazis for the British Secret Service during their honeymoon in Europe.

The Court Jester

The Court Jester
7.8/10
A hapless carnival performer masquerades as the court jester as part of a plot against a usurper who has overthrown the rightful king of England.

Captain Blood

Captain Blood
7.7/10
Dr. Peter Blood, unjustly convicted of treason and exiled from England, becomes a notorious pirate.

The Mark of Zorro

The Mark of Zorro
7.5/10
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.

Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina
7/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 30/08/1935
  • Character: Alexei Alexandrovitch Karenin
In 19th century Russia a woman in a respectable marriage to a senior statesman must grapple with her love for a dashing soldier.

A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities
7.8/10
The exciting story of Dr. Manette, who escapes the horrors of the infamous Bastille prison in Paris. The action switches between London and Paris on the eve of the revolution where we witness 'the best of times and the worst of times' - love, hope, the uncaring French Aristocrats and the terror of a revolutionary citizen's army intent on exacting revenge.

Son of Frankenstein

Son of Frankenstein
7.1/10
One of the sons of Frankenstein finds his father's monster in a coma and revives him, only to find out he is controlled by Ygor who is bent on revenge.

Bathing Beauty

Bathing Beauty
6.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 27/06/1944
  • Character: George Adams
After breaking up with her fiancé, a gym teacher returns to work at a women's college, but a legal loophole allows him to enroll as one of her students.

We're No Angels

We're No Angels
7.4/10
Three convicts escape from prison on Devil's Island just before Christmas and arrive at a nearby French colonial town. They go to the store of the Ducotels, the only store that gives supplies on credit. They initially intend to take advantage of them but have a change of heart after they find the family is in financial troubles.

The Comedy of Terrors

The Comedy of Terrors
6.5/10
  • Genre: ComedyHorror
  • Release: 22/01/1964
  • Character: John F. Black
An undertaker who hasn't had any 'customers' in a long time is forced to pay one year's back-rent. To get money he starts to kill people, which brings absurd results.

The Last Hurrah

The Last Hurrah
7.3/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 31/12/1958
  • Character: Norman Cass Sr.
In a changing world where television has become the main source of information, Adam Caulfield, a young sports journalist, witnesses how his uncle, Frank Skeffington, a veteran and honest politician, mayor of a New England town, tries to be reelected while bankers and captains of industry conspire in the shadows to place a weak and manageable candidate in the city hall.

David Copperfield

David Copperfield
7.4/10
Charles Dickens' classic tale of an orphaned boy's fight for happiness and the colorful characters who help and hinder him.

Casanova's Big Night

Casanova's Big Night
6.7/10
Italy 1757, Pippo Popolino, a lowly tailor, disguises himself as the great Casanova in order to romance the attractive widow Francesca. He little suspects what awaits him... Locked into the incongruous role by the desperation of the real Casanova's creditors, Pippo must journey to Venice on a delicate mission far beyond his capabilities.

The Last Days of Pompeii

The Last Days of Pompeii
6.4/10
In this action-filled spectacle set in ancient Pompeii, a blacksmith becomes a Roman gladiator, though his rise to wealth and power is jeopardized by his son's Christianity and the eruption of Vesuvius.

The Dawn Patrol

The Dawn Patrol
7.5/10
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. Insubordinate air ace Captain Courtney is another thorn in Brand's side...but finds the smile wiped from his face when he rises to command the squadron himself. Everyone keeps a stiff upper lip.

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet
6.5/10
Young love is poisoned by a generations long feud between two noble families.

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